Biography Of Arthur Shawcross 's ' The ' First Victim ' Essay

In 1979, William began his trips along the Los Angeles freeways picking up young men, raping, torturing, and eventually strangling them to death in which he would dispose their bodies. William looked for the young male prostitutes or for young boys between the ages of twelve and nineteen that would eventually end up on the side of the freeway. But, unlike most serial killers, William was able to get a few henchmen to help him in his killing spree. Enter Vernon Butts, a man William had met at a local party and another young man, Gregory Miley, and later on future house mate James Munroe. Most of these accomplices are noted to have psychological issues and often would find themselves strange tastes in their sex lives. Many times, the trio often drove around and would over power the victims forcing them to feed into the torturing, get tied up and suffocate to death. From 1979-1980, William and his accomplices would go on to kill almost twenty-one young men. It was also noted that William would get a sexual arousal out of killing and raping these young men. Often, William was caught in being a smooth talker and often seemed very approachable. It was

Around midnight on July 4, 1969 in the Blue Rock Springs Park in Solano County, California, Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin were sitting in their vehicle when another vehicle pulled in behind them and blocked them in. A man walked up and shot them both multiple times. Less than an hour later a man phoned in and reported the attack. The man also disclosed that he was responsible for the Murders that were committed on Lake Herman Road six month earlier. Ferrin was pronounced dead, and Mageau was the first survivor of the Zodiac

Before he would kill in Illinois he would go back to the Palm Springs area and kill again. In spring of 1995 he met Denise Maney a prostitute from the area. He did his usual thing he drove her out to the desert where they had sex, but then he did something he had only done with Jennifer Asbenson, he began to rape her. This time his victim wasn’t able to get away he made her walk into the desert after he restrained her. When they got a good distance into the desert he put the gun into her mouth and shot killing Maney instantly. Urdiales would go back to Illinois and kill someone who was a little closer to him than the previous victims. In April of 1996 Laura Uylaki who had gone on a couple of dates with Urdiales was with Urdiales near Wolf Lake. An argument had broken out between the two and when Urdiales showed his gun to Uylaki, she made an attempt to get out of the truck and get away but Urdiales ran after her fired his weapon and killed Uylaki. Too dispose of the body Urdiales, dumped her into the lake. His next victim would be dumped a little closer to Pontiac. On July 13, 1996, Urdiales met Cassandra Corum, a prostitute from the Hammond Indiana area. They were in Urdiales truck when an argument occurred, he then handcuffed her, taped her feet, taped her mouth shut, and took her clothes off. He began driving south on Interstate 55, after driving for a

way had glasses and a mustache and for the most part he looked normal. His nickname was The Green River Killer because some of the bodies of his killing were fished out of the Green River in King County, Washington. The killings took place from the 1982 to 2001 (Newton, 2000, p.223). It is known that Ridgway had sexual intercourse with the prostitutes before he killed them. After a while, he would also have sex with them after they were dead. Another interesting fact is that sometimes, after Ridgway had sex with the already dead victims, he would put rocks in their vaginas (Philbin, 2011, p.199). Ridgway may have easily killed up to 90 women, but it will never be known because in videos, he says that he is not completely sure exactly how many

March 27, 1993, two boys, Jonathan Sellers and Charlie Keever were both sexually assaulted by Scott Erskine. The two boys were enjoying a bicycle ride together since Jonathan Seller’s older brother was attending band practice that day. The two boys enjoyed the time together by biking or hiking near their homes but suddenly, on March 27, 1993, they were both nowhere to be found. They were missing for two days until a search party was in session and that was when a jogger had found the bodies of Sellers and Keever.

This psychopath terrorized the people of Wisconsin and Ohio for thirteen years. This man committed a series of murder, rape, and dismemberment amongst his seventeen 17 victims. This paper will go one to talk about his early life, first victims, killing spree, arrest and imprisonment, and also his death.

On September 1, 1956, Peter woodcock had committed his first murder (Bourrie, 2010). Peter Woodcock lured a 7-year-old boy named Wayne Mallette into toronto’s exhibition where he then killed him¬¬¬¬ (Bourrie, 2010). The next month on October 6, 1956, Mr. Woodcock picked up a 9-year-old boy named Gary Morris. Woodcock drove Gary Morris on his bike to cherry beach where he then strangled and killed him (Newton, n.d.). About three months after Peter Woodcock offered a ride to a 4-year-old girl named Carole Voyce. Peter Woodcock sexually assaulted her and killed her (Liam, 2015). Mr. Woodcock was then arrested but then was found not guilty by reason of insanity (Liam, 2015). Mr. Woodcock was placed at Oak Ridge (a psychiatric

The majority of his victims were strangled to death. One unfortunate child just 14 years old was sexually assaulted, drugged, strangled, dismembered, and his corpse pulverized with a sledge hammer (Hickey, 2016, p. 156). Some of his victims would have holes drilled into their heads as they lay unconscious in hopes they would turn into a zombie and become his sex slaves. He also consumed some of his victims believing they would become a part of him making him more

In a 22 month span, starting in July 1979, 30 African American children and young men were murdered or disappeared in Atlanta, Georgia (Nickell 1 of 2). Due to the various motives that each murder presented, it was believed that multiple individuals were responsible for these crimes. However only 1 person was ultimately charged with these homicides. The person that was found responsible for 2 of the many murders is Wayne Williams. He was suspected and subsequently arrested after police heard a splash in the water under a bridge on May 22, 1981, and Williams was the only one on the bridge during the time frame of the body drop (Plummer 1 of 3). This case was splashed all over headlines both nationally and internationally (Nickell 1 of 2). Due

On Thursday last week, two murders have taken place. Myrtle Wilson, wife to a small garage owner, was hit and killed instantly by a speeding car two evenings ago. She had run out into the middle of the street for unknown reasons when the ‘death car’ hit her. The car was allegedly a yellow or green color and was guessed to be traveling around 40 miles per hour when it hit Myrtle. This car was coming from New York; it swerved a little but did not stop when passing

The 13 victims of an unknown perpetrator or perpetrators dubbed the Boston Strangler, who terrorized Massachusetts in the early 1960s. All of them were female, the majority of them being elderly women. Only five victims were between the age of 19 and 23. Except for two of them, all of them were strangled to death with articles of their clothing, preferably with their own nylon stockings. Beverly Samans, 23, was stabbed to death and 85-year old Mary Mullen died from a heart attack resulting from the attack before the perpetrator could kill her. All of them had been sexually assaulted prior to their death.

The less commonly known serial killers that displayed patterns of his past in their killings are Albert DeSalvo, also known as the “Boston Strangler” and Donald Henry Gaskins. Albert DeSalvo was one of six children in his family. DeSalvo, all through his childhood, watched his father beat his mother almost everyday. He was also very abusive towards the children, but mainly took his anger out on his wife. His father would often sell Albert and two of his sisters as slaves for nine dollars. As Albert aged, he bottled his anger up until finally he snapped. He killed and violated thirteen women in Boston, Massachusetts. He broke into all their homes and strangled them with their own clothes. They believe that he chose women because of the

On December 15, 1970, Brooks’s lured two 14 year old bo)ys named James Glass and Danny Yates away from a religious rally held near Houston Heights to Corll's apartment. They both were tied to opposite sides of Corll's torture board and then raped strangled and was buried in a boat shed.

Early the next morning of December 8th, the lifeless body of Debbie Carter was found strangled in her small apartment. The murder of Debbie Carter flipped this small, rural, bible-belt, town on its head. People were outraged, overwhelmed, and stunned that such a thing could happen in this town to a young, beautiful girl whom everyone had known. This gruesome act put enormous pressure on local law enforcement to find the atrocious criminal. Finger prints, hair, and blood spatter was carefully collected from the scene.

According to Robbie Barrera, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, both vehicles were traveling southbound on Highway 95 approximately five miles south of Elgin, when Campuzano was unable to control his speed. Campuzano struck the Funderburghs, who were traveling in front of him; Billy and Natalee Funderburgh died at the scene.