16 Killers Who Prolonged Victims' Suffering

In 1999, Cynthia Vigil Jaramillo escaped a motor home. She ran naked into the New Mexico desert after overpowering Cindy Hendy, David Ray Parker's girlfriend. Police followed her directions back to the trailer. They found a dungeon there. This dungeon was built to torture women. After this, Ray became the "Toy Box Killer."

He abducted women in rural Elephant Butte. He systematically harmed them for weeks or months. His friends and his girlfriend helped him. When the captives arrived, the women heard a recording. Ray told them the horrors ahead. This included mutilation, beatings, assaults, and forced bestiality. People suspect he harmed about 60 women over 40 years.

Ray died from a heart attack in 2002 while police had him.

Fred and Rosemary West met in 1968. Fred was 27; Rosemary was only 15. For about two decades, the pair abducted and killed women. They targeted nannies and lodgers in the Gloucestershire area of England. They kept their captives in a small room for a long time. They caused their deaths by strangulation or suffocation.Women, mostly nannies and lodgers, operated in the Gloucestershire area of England. They kept captives in a small room for long periods, then killed them by strangulation or suffocation.

The Wests killed their own daughter. They were caught with a videotape of the assault. Authorities think the couple had at least a dozen victims. Fred took his own life in 1995 while in police custody. The Winchester Crown Court convicted Rosemary on ten counts. She got a life sentence.

In 1988, 17-year-old Junko Furuta walked home from school. Four males, aged 15 to 18, grabbed her and locked her in one of their homes, even knowing the boys' parents.Junko was held captive for 44 days.Many knew about her abduction. However, the teen was not rescued because her captors had ties to organized crime in Japan.

Junko suffered repeated assaults and intense torture before dying. Police recovered her body from an oil drum in 1989. Shinji Minato, Hiroshi Miyano, Jo Ogura, and Yasushi Watanabe were arrested and got sentences of five to twenty years. After release, police caught the offenders on other charges and added more sentences.

In 1985, San Francisco police responded to a shoplifting report, finding Charles Ng as the suspect. When Leonard Lake came to pay for the stolen item, police found Lake had an illegal weapon and a fake ID. Bloodstains were also in his car. This led police to Lake's cabin and bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they found "a mass graveyard"

Investigators found videotapes and a diary at the remote Northern California cabin. These documents showed crimes the ex-marines committed, including killing entire families and assaulting women repeatedly. Authorities think the pair caused over twenty deaths between 1983 and 1985. Lake ended his life while in police custody. Ng ran to Canada, then was caught. He faced 11 capital counts and remains on death row at San Quentin State Prison as of 2018.

Dennis Rader is the "BTK Strangler," meaning "Bind, Torture, Kill." In Wichita, Kansas, from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, Rader strangled adults, children, and even a whole family, sometimes in their homes. Rader oftenDennis Rader revived his victims.after causing asphyxiation, a process he repeated. This gave him great sexual pleasure, especially when victims tried to beg.

After his crimes, the former church president and Boy Scouts leader sent the police mocking letters, urging them to catch him. In 2005, after more than ten years of silence, authorities arrested Rader afterHe sent another letter.. Rader was convicted on 10 capital counts and serves life in prison as of 2018.

Albert Fish, known by many titles including "The Boogeyman," mainly targeted children. In 1910, Fish, a father and husband, reportedly had a romance with a mentally-disabled teen named Thomas Kedden. Fish lured the 19-year-old into a barn where heAlbert Fish mutilated.Kedden'sgenitalia. Fish also harmed himself by inserting needles into his abdomen and penis. As a sexual sadist and sadomasochist, Fish got pleasure from causing and receiving pain.

From 1924 to 1932, Fish targeted children mainly in the New York area. However, he claimed he "Albert Fish had a child in every state., as he was a traveling painter and often moved for work. The state convicted Fish for the death of 10-year-old Gracie Budd, though people think he killed at least 100 victims, some of whom he reportedly ate. Fish died by electric chair in 1936.

Dr. H. H. Holmes, an expert con man, always found money to live. He eventually earned enough to build a hotel for Chicago's 1893 World's Fair visitors. This hotel later became known as "the Murder Castle." During the hotel's build, Holmes made secret stairways, doors leading nowhere, and locks that could trap people inside rooms. Bedrooms had soundproofing, and some rooms only opened with trap doors.

Once the hotel was finished, Holmes lured people in as guests. He kept them there, sealing them in rooms to starve, torturing them to death, hanging them, and then dissecting their bodies to sell the remains to doctors. After being arrested in 1934, Holmes received a death sentence by hanging and died in 1936.

Madame Delphine LaLaurie lived in New Orleans around the 1830s. People knew her for being cruel and a "barbarous" slave owner."barbarous"She took her slaves and chained them to the walls in her house. She reportedly conducted physical torture there. Then, she would disembowel her victims to make them pass slowly.

She allegedly did all this in an attic room. A fire in 1934 showed responders evidence LaLaurie had enacted abuse in her home for a long time. No one knows exactly when LaLaurie died or where she rests, but it may be in either 1842 or 1849.1842 or 1849.

John Bunting, along with Robert Wagner and James Vlassakis, committed grisly crimes called the "bodies-in-barrels" or "Snowtown" murders in South Australia. The trio took the lives of at least 11 people, putting their bodies in plastic barrels for disposal. Police arrested the men after finding the barrels. The trio targeted mostly men during their 1992 to 1999 spree.

However,Bunting tortured the victims.Bunting used tools and an electric shock machine to force victims to admit things. Suspects believe the attackers harmed men they thought were homosexual or pedophilic. In one of South Australia's longest trials, the guilty men each got multiple life sentences.

Another deadly pair, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, also known as the "Tool Box Killers", took the lives of at least five teenage girls. Over five months in 1979, they moved through Southern California. They picked up girls aged 13 to 18 and put them in their van. Then, they assaulted and tortured their victims with items from the hardware store."Tool Box Killers"" Took the lives of at least five teenage girls. Over five months in 1979, they roamed Southern California, grabbing girls aged 13 to 18 and putting them in their van. They then assaulted and tortured victims with items from the hardware store.

They also documented the victims' deaths. This evidence helped the prosecution. When Norris told an old ex-con friend about the duo's actions, the police learned about them and caught Bittaker and Norris in November 1979. Bittaker got acapital punishmentsentence and stays in San Quentin State Prison as of 2018. Norris received a life sentence.

Dean Corll of Texas is called the "Candy Man" or the "Pied Piper" because he gave free candy to kids. In the early 1970s, Corll tricked young teens with a free ride or a party. Once they got into his van, he abducted them. At his home, he tied his victims to a plywood "torture-board."

Corll liked to prey on boys.prey on boys, and he assaulted them for days. With help from his teen partners, David Owen Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr., Corll harmed at least 28 males from 1970 to 1973. Then, Henley killedCorllhim in 1973. Houston Police caught the partners, who later each got 99-year sentences, and found the shed where Corll hid the remains.

Robert Berdella, the "Butcher of Kansas City," started his notorious two-year spree in 1984. Berdella drugged his 19-year-old friend, Jerry Howell, then dragged him into his Missouri home's basement. Berdella repeatedly assaulted and tortured Howell before suffocating him. This began a pattern. After that, Berdella started luring workers orRobert Berdella, also called the "Butcher of Kansas City," started his notorious two-year spree in 1984. Berdella drugged his 19-year-old acquaintance, Jerry Howell, then dragged him into the basement of his Missouri home. Berdella repeatedly assaulted and tortured Howell before suffocating him. This started a pattern. Afterward, Berdella began luring workmen or male sex workers to his basement.By 1988, Berdella had done this to six different men, ranging in ages from 19 to 25. He displayed some of their skulls as trophies and kept Polaroids documenting his acts. March 1988 saw one victim escape, and Berdella was caught. In 1992, he died of a heart attack while in prison.

By 1988, Berdella had done this to six different men, ranging in ages from 19 to 25.By 1988, Berdella had done this to six different men, ranging in ages from 19 to 25. He displayed some of their skulls as trophies and kept Polaroids documenting his acts. March 1988 saw one victim escape, and Berdella was caught. In 1992, he died of a heart attack while in prison.He lured workmen, ages 19 to 25. Berdella showed some of their skulls as trophies. He kept Polaroids showing his actions. March 1988, one victim escaped, and police caught Berdella. In 1992, Berdella died of a heart attack while in prison.

From 1971 to 1983, Robert Hansen abducted and assaulted up to 30 victims near Anchorage, Alaska. Hansen chose exotic dancers or prostitutes to assault but released them with a warning not to tell. However, Hansen took 17 other women—aged roughly 17 to 41—and flew them to the Alaskan wilderness. There, he stripped them naked and told them they were his prey.From 1971 to 1983, Robert Hansen abducted and assaulted up to 30 victims near Anchorage, Alaska. Hansen chose exotic dancers or prostitutes to assault but released them with a warning not to tell. However, Hansen took 17 other women—aged roughly 17 to 41—and flew them to the Alaskan wilderness.There, Robert Hansen stripped the women naked and told them they were his prey.

Then, Hansen ordered the women to run so he could hunt them down with a favorite hunting knife or big game rifle. This practice led to his downfall. In 1983, teen captive Cindy Paulson escaped before the flight and contacted the police. After his arrest, Hansen received a 461-year prison sentence.Then, Hansen ordered the women to run so he could hunt them down with a favorite hunting knife or big game rifle. This practice led to his downfall. In 1983, teen captive Cindy Paulson escaped before the flight and contacted the police. After his arrest, Hansen received a 461-year prison sentence.Hansen received a 461-year prison sentence. In 2014, he passed from a heart condition while in prison.

John Brennan Crutchley, known as the "Vampire Rapist," was never convicted of murder. He was convicted of kidnapping and rape. In 1985, a teenage woman appeared on the side of the road. When someone stopped to help her, she said she had been kept in a house and repeatedly assaulted.

According to her account, she awoke tied to a kitchen countertop with a video camera watching her. A man assaulted her, then put needles in her arm and started taking and drinking her blood, claiming he was a vampire. He reportedly did this so often she lost up to 45% of her blood upon rescue.According to her account, she awoke tied to a kitchen countertop with a video camera watching her. A man assaulted her, then put needles in her arm and started taking and drinking her blood, claiming he was a vampire. He reportedly did this so often she lost up to 45% of her blood upon rescue.Crutchley claimed this was a kinky but consensual sexual encounter. Further investigation showed he did this before, and police linked his pattern to many unsolved disappearances.

Crutchley claimed this was a kinky but consensual sexual encounter. Further investigation showed he did this before, and police linked his pattern to many unsolved disappearances.However, investigators could not find any potential victims' bodies. They could not charge Crutchley for the deaths they believed occurred.However, investigators could not find any potential victims' bodies. They could not charge Crutchley for the deaths they believed occurred. In 2002, Crutchley was found asphyxiated in his cell, which has been blamed on a self-inflicted action.However, investigators could not find any potential victims' bodies. They could not charge Crutchley for the deaths they believed occurred. In 2002, Crutchley was found asphyxiated in his cell, which has been blamed on a self-inflicted action.In 2002, Crutchley was found asphyxiated in his cell, which has been blamed on a self-inflicted action.

Elizabeth Báthory is the most prolific female murderer of all time. The Hungarian countess lived from 1560 to 1614 and allegedly killed over 600 people before inflicting medieval torture on many. Some accounts claim she built a chamber just for her dark desires. Some accounts maintain she would drain the blood.Elizabeth Báthory is the most prolific female murderer of all time. The Hungarian countess lived from 1560 to 1614 and allegedly killed over 600 people before inflicting medieval torture on many. Some accounts claim she built a chamber just for her dark desires. Some accounts maintain she would drain the blood.Some accounts claim she built a chamber just for her dark desires. Some accounts maintain she would drain the blood.Some accounts maintain she would drain the blood.Elizabeth Báthory lived victims then bathed in the liquid to regain her beauty.

Báthory targeted her servants and peasant girls for her killings. In 1609, authorities caught Báthory and locked her in one room for the rest of her life. The servants who helped acted as accomplices and faced execution.

Robert Ben Rhoades, known as "The Truck Stop Killer," may have killed over 50 women across the United States. Authorities confirm only three victims. Rhoades confessed to picking up victims—mostly hitchhikers and sex workers—in his truck before harming them in his [missing information].mobile torture chamber.He did this over days or weeks before throwing their bodies away.

Rhoades claimed he did this for more than 15 years. Police suspect he attacked dozens between 1975 and 1990. People believe he abducted aboutthree women each month..

His final murder victim was 14-year-old Regina Kay Walters. Rhoades took pictures of his victims just before killing them. This helped policecatch him in 1990.. A life without parole sentence was given to him. He was sent to Ohio and Texas to face charges for similar crimes.