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Infamous Murders: Murder in Cold Blood
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On 19th May 1971, a Japanese fruit farmer in Yuba City, California called the police after finding what appeared to be a freshly-dug grave among the peach trees.
The police extended their search and soon uncovered a further 24 bodies. Most were Mexican Immigrants, local drifters and down-and-outs, and all had been hacked to death and sexually assaulted either before or after being slaughtered.
The police found bank deposit slips in the name of Juan Corona in two of the corpses' pockets. Corona was arrested and charged with murder. In July 1971 he was found guilty of all 25 murders and sentenced to life.
On 3rd December 1983, Dennis Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had murdered at least fifteen young gay men picked up from streets and bars in London.
He lured each victim back to his flat, strangled them with a necktie, before taking the body to his bath where he would sexually assault them before disposing of the body either in the garden or under the floor.
Only seven of his fifteen victims had been positively identified by the time of his trial. At the time Nilson was the worst serial killer the country had ever known.
By the spring of 1980 there had been 20 unexplained murders in Atlanta, Georgia since the previous July. All the victims were black and aged from seven upwards, and the numbers just kept growing.
The police questioned suspect Wayne Williams and found fibres in his car that matched the 27th victim, found the previous day. He was charged with only two murders: Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Lee Payne, but it was enough. His trial began on 5th January 1982, where he was found guilty and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
The police extended their search and soon uncovered a further 24 bodies. Most were Mexican Immigrants, local drifters and down-and-outs, and all had been hacked to death and sexually assaulted either before or after being slaughtered.
The police found bank deposit slips in the name of Juan Corona in two of the corpses' pockets. Corona was arrested and charged with murder. In July 1971 he was found guilty of all 25 murders and sentenced to life.
On 3rd December 1983, Dennis Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had murdered at least fifteen young gay men picked up from streets and bars in London.
He lured each victim back to his flat, strangled them with a necktie, before taking the body to his bath where he would sexually assault them before disposing of the body either in the garden or under the floor.
Only seven of his fifteen victims had been positively identified by the time of his trial. At the time Nilson was the worst serial killer the country had ever known.
By the spring of 1980 there had been 20 unexplained murders in Atlanta, Georgia since the previous July. All the victims were black and aged from seven upwards, and the numbers just kept growing.
The police questioned suspect Wayne Williams and found fibres in his car that matched the 27th victim, found the previous day. He was charged with only two murders: Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Lee Payne, but it was enough. His trial began on 5th January 1982, where he was found guilty and sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
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