Samuel Little (June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer who confessed to murdering 93 people, mostly women. He was convicted in 2014 for the murders of Carol Ilene Elford, Guadalupe Duarte Apodaca, and Audrey Nelson Everett. In 2018, he was convicted for the murder of Denise Christie Brothers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed Little's involvement in at least 60 of the 93 confessed murders, the largest number of cases for any serial killer in United States history. The most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, according to Ector County, Texas District Attorney Bobby Bland, Little allegedly murdered women across 19 states over 35 years, ending around 2005.
Little was arrested on September 5, 2012, at a homeless shelter in Louisville, Kentucky, and extradited to California to face a narcotics charge, after which authorities used DNA testing to establish that he was involved in the murders of Carol Ilene Elford, killed on July 13, 1987; Guadalupe Duarte Apodaca, killed on September 3, 1987; and Audrey Nelson Everett, killed on August 14, 1989. All three women were killed and later found on the streets of Los Angeles. He was extradited to Los Angeles, where he was charged on January 7, 2013. A few months later, the police said that Little was being investigated for involvement in three dozen murders committed in the 1980s, which until then had been undisclosed. In connection with the new circumstances in Mississippi, the LaPree murder case was reopened. In total, Little was tested for involvement in 93 murders of women committed in many U.S. states.
On November 15, the Marion County, Florida Sheriff's Office closed the cold case of the 1982 homicide of Rosie Hill, 20, after Little confessed to that killing.
Detective Sergeant Michael Mongeluzzo interviewed Little while he was in custody in Texas after he was incarcerated for the murders of the California women, which is when he confessed to killing Rosie Hill and dumping her body, reportedly telling an investigator that he killed Hill 'because God put him on this earth to do it'
A crime scene is shown from a 1972 murder in Prince George's County in Maryland, which investigators believe Little was responsible for, based on an interview with matching details.
Little was convicted of the 1989 murder of Audrey Nelson, 35, in Los Angeles in 2014.
Sentenced to three life terms in prison, Little was transferred to Texas in connection with the investigation into the murder of Denise Christie Brothers in Odessa, Texas. Pearl Nelson (left) is shown holding a photo of her mother, victim Audrey Nelson, as she is hugged by Mary Louise Frias, whose Godmother, Guadalupe Apodaca Zambrano, was also a victim of convicted serial killer Little.
After forming a bond with a state trooper, Little confessed to killing 90 women, which if proven would make him the most prolific serial killer in US history. So far investigators have connected him to 34 of his claimed crimes.
Samuel Little, 78, who has confessed to killing 90 women across the US was indicted Friday in Ohio for the strangulation deaths of two women decades ago.
Little was serving life for three murders in California when he confessed to killing Denise Christie Brothers in Texas in 1994, prompting his transfer.
He remembers where he was, and what car he was driving. He draws pictures of many of the women he killed.
A timeline of Samuel Little's mugshots from the FBI.
Mary Jo Peyton and Rose Evans were killed in Cleveland by serial killer Samuel Little.
The map shows possible homicide locations based on FBI interviews with Samuel Little.
This combination of undated sketches provided by the FBI shows drawings made by admitted serial killer Samuel Little, based on his memories of some of his victims.
In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 photo, Tonya Maslar holds an old photograph of her mother Roberta Tandarich taken before her death in 1991 in Ravenna, Ohio. Tandarich's body was found dumped at Firestone Metro Park in 1991. A sketch of Tandarich drawn by serial killer Samuel Little, who claims Tandarich was one of his many victims, lies in the background.
Samuel Little Confession: Marianne, 1972 Miami Florida.
Little had a long-term girlfriend, Jean, since deceased, who supported them both through shoplifting for years. He used a wheelchair and had diabetes and a heart condition.
Little died on December 30, 2020, in a Los Angeles County area hospital. Although California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation sources indicate no final determination as to the specific cause of death, Little suffered from the aforementioned diabetes, heart problems, and other health conditions.
Little had drawn portraits of many women he killed. These portraits were released by the FBI in hopes of someone identifying the women. At least one portrait solved a cold case in Akron, Ohio.
In November 2020, Little confessed to two Florida murders, for one of which another man had been wrongfully convicted.
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