Dahmer was apprehended after one of his captives escaped and went to the police, still wearing handcuffs Dahmer shackled to one of his wrists. He ate parts of at least one of his victims and kept the remains of others in his apartment.Īrrest, conviction and sentence: Arrested on July 22, 1991. He got them to visit his apartment by offering them money to pose for photos or by promising them alcohol. Years and locations: 1970s-1990s, primarily in the Milwaukee areaĬharacteristics: A former chocolate factory worker, Dahmer picked up young men at bus stations, bars, shopping centers and other locations. Number of confirmed victims:16 (Dahmer confessed to 17 murders but prosecutors lacked evidence to convict him in the additional killing) He is currently incarcerated at California State Prison, Corcoran.
Corona was again convicted at the second trial and sentenced to 25 concurrent terms of 25-years to life. After being convicted in 1973, Corona was sentenced to 25 life terms in prison but an appeal led to a new trial in 1982. Police found 25 bodies buried in shallow graves in orchards surrounding the Feather River and traced the bodies to Corona. Corona was arrested after a neighbor reported suspicious activity in a peach orchard. Corona, who was 77 and suffering from dementia at the time of the hearing, described his victims as alcoholics who had trespassed in the orchards.Īrrest, conviction and sentence: Arrested on May 26, 1971. During a 2011 parole hearing, he confessed to killing the men. Year and location: 1971, Yuba City, CaliforniaĬharacteristics: A farm labor contractor, Corona was convicted in the stabbing deaths of 24 workers. Buono was convicted of nine murders and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Buono was arrested at his home in Glendale, California, the same day Bianchi admitted he participated in five of the Hillside killings. Bianchi is incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He was sentenced to five life terms for murder and one additional life sentence for conspiracy. He pleaded guilty to the slayings in Washington and confessed to five of the Los Angeles murders. Bianchi was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, as a suspect in the murders of two college students at Western Washington University. Buono owned an auto upholstery shop and was not a suspect until Bianchi was caught, confessed and identified his cousin as his accomplice.Īrrest, conviction and sentence: Bianchi was arrested on JanuBuono was arrested on October 19, 1979. Bianchi claimed that he suffered from multiple personality disorder but later admitted that he faked the condition. Years and locations: 1970s, Los Angeles, Washington stateĬharacteristics: Buono and Bianchi were cousins who posed as police officers to trap teenage girls and young women, some of whom worked as prostitutes. He was convicted on three counts of murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Bundy was apprehended a third and final time in Pensacola in a stolen car. While a fugitive in Florida, he killed two college students and a 12-year-old girl. Months later, Bundy escaped again, prompting a nationwide manhunt. He had been previously arrested for murder in Colorado but escaped from custody, before being captured in Aspen a few days later. Bundy had studied psychology in college, worked as a suicide hotline volunteer while at school and served at one point as assistant director of the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission.Īrrest, conviction and sentence: Arrested for the final time on February 15, 1978. Years and locations: 1970s, multiple states including Washington, Utah, Colorado and FloridaĬharacteristics: Preyed on young women and sometimes lured victims by pretending to be injured. Number of confirmed victims: Unknown, confessed to more than two dozen murders before he was executed but he may have been linked to additional slayings.
Currently incarcerated at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
Pleaded guilty to murdering six people and sentenced to 25-years-to-life for each murder. Arrest, conviction and sentence: Arrested on August 10, 1977.