Most people assume that when a serial killer is sent to jail, they’ll be there for the rest of their lives. However, sometimes serial killers don’t spend the rest of their days behind bars. Despite contrary belief, they have actually been set free to live amongst everyday people like you and your friends. Many of the killers on this list served a short amount of time behind bars before being set free, while other unknown sociopaths are still on the run and chased by the authorities. Regardless you’ll want to lock your door at night.
Nicknamed the “Monster of the Andes, “ Pedro Lopez was arrested when an attempted abduction failed and he was trapped by market traders. He confessed to over 300 women in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. The police only believed him when a flash flood uncovered a mass grave containing many if his victims.
He was caught in 1980, but served only 14 years in an Ecuadorian prison, and was freed by the government in Ecuador . In an interview from his prison cell, Lopez described himself as “the man of the century “ and said he was being released for “good behavior, “
He was released by Ecuadorian prison on August 31st, 1994, rearrested an hour later as an illegal immigrant, and handed over to Columbian authorities who charged him with a 20 – year – old murder. He was found to be insane and held in a psychiatric wing of a Bogola Hospital. In 1998, he was declared sane and released on $50 bail, subject to certain conditions.
Born in 1957 in Britain, Bell was 11 years old when she strangled and mutilated to death two little boys in Scotswood, an inner-city suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. She was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of the two boys, who were four and three
Bell was only 11 when convicted but was released from prison in 1980. She reportedly suffered abuse as a child at the hands of her mother (who was a prostitute ) and her mother’s clients. Since her release from prison in 1980, she has lived under a series of pseudonyms.
Her identity has been protected by a court order, which has also been extended to protect the identity of her daughter.
Homolka was one half of a convicted Canadian serial killer couple. Along with her psychotic husband, she raped and murdered multiple women, including her own sister., Tammy. When Karla and Paul were discovered in 1993, Karla turned over evidence in exchange for a reduced sentence.
The deal that she had struck with prosecutors was dubbed the “Deal with the Devil.” Public outrage about Homolka’s plea deal continued until her high – profile release from prison in 2005. She was released in 2005 after serving only 12 years in prison.
In 2912, a journalist found Homolka living in Guadalupe under a different name, with her new husband and their three children. In October of 2014, it was heard that Karla Homolka living in Quebec.
A serial killer from South Africa, Van Schoor killed at least seven men who he claimed were burglars. His motis operandi was the same every time : he responded to silent alarms of business premises, then shot suspects with his 9mm Parabellum.
Louis Van Schoor embraced and kissed his fiancé passionately when he was released on parole after having served 12 out of 20 years from Fort Glamorgan Prison in East London.
Nikita Fouganthine is a Finnish murderer convicted of the triple murder of a family in the northern Swedish community of Amsele. He was caught soon caught soon after and convicted. Conviction for the murders was his 12th criminal conviction.
Although he was caught again after holding a teacher hostage, he escaped and was caught again three more times in 2002, 2004, and 2006. The statement by a forensic psychiatrist found that Fouganthine suffered from a psychopathic personality and was very aggressive.
In 2011, Fouganthine escaped from parole prison and is currently living in Helsinki. A recent interview hinted that he might be writing an autobiography.
Nesset is a Norwegian nursing home manager and convicted serial killer. While working in healthcare, he was responsible for poisoning 22 patients with suxamethonium chloride. It’s been estimated that Nesset may have killed as many as 138 of his patients.
He was also convicted of one count of attempted murder and acquitted on two other counts. In 1983, he was sentenced to 21 years in prison. He served 12 years and 10 years supervision, at which point he was released under parole terms and is living under a different name in Norway.
Sagawa is a Japanese man who, in 1981, murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman in Paris named Renée Hartevelt. Sagawa reported that as a youth he partook in beastiality with his dog and experienced cannibalistic desires for women,
Renée was invited to dinner at Sagawa’s apartment under the pretext of translating poetry for a school assignment. Sagawa shot Hartevelt in the neck with a rifle. He said he fainted after the shock of shooting her.
He raped her corpse but was unable to bite into her skin, so he left his apartment and purchased a butcher knife. For two days, Sagawa ate various parts of her body, saving other parts in his refrigerator. He then attempted to dump her body in a lake in the Bois de Boulogne, but was seen in the act and arrested by French police.
After release from prison after only 15 months, he became a minor celebrity in Japan and made a living through the public’s interest in his crime. He lives in Tokyo and openly talks at public events in graphic detail about his experience with eating a human.
This serial killer is nicknamed “Metal Fang” because of his false teeth that were made of metal. He murdered seven women in addition to engaging in cannibalism with some of their bodies. Dzhumagaliev’s crimes were discovered when two drunks, who he invited over to his house, discovered a woman’s severed head in the kitchen.
He was only convicted to a year in jail when caught because he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was not found responsible for his murders due to insanity, and he was committed to a mental institution in Tashkent.
In the mid 2000s Dzhumagaliev remained in a psychiatric clinic and gave an interview. He once told authorities it was his mission in this world to “ rid the earth of prostitutes.” Doctors said that he was cured and could be released, but Colonel Dubyagin was unsure if Dzhumagaliev could be cured of his cannibalistic instincts.
In one of the most notorious and ongoing killing sprees in history, this one involves the violent deaths of women and girls since 1983 in the northern Mexican region of Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, border city across the Rio Grande from the US city of El Paso, Texas.
As of 2005, the number of murdered women in Cuidad Juarez since 1993 is estimated to be more than 500. One third of the killings are so similar forensically, it’s believed to be the work of a single evil mastermind.
Many victims share common physical attributes, including dark skin, slender physique, and dark hair. In terms of the crimes, similarities across cases include the rape, torture, mutilation, and murder of the victims. To this day, no conclusive convictions have been made.
A particularly vicious child killer is on the prowl. Between 2012 and 2013, 15 children went missing and were later found murdered. The children who were found murdered, had been raped and horrifically tortured as well. The killer gets so carried away during the murders that some of the children have been found with their organs gouged out and their necks torn open.
According to the Madagascar National Helpline, there has been a sharp up rise in abductions and murders in Karachi, with more than 190 reported cases of missing children. Most of the reported cases came from Mobina Town, Sachal Goth, Mehmoodabad, and Sharea Faisal.
The Long Island Serial Killer has been an unidentified suspected American serial killer who is believed to have murdered 10 to 17 people associated with the sex trade, and dumped their bodies long the ocean parkway. Several remote beach towns have become the dumping grounds of the Long Island Killer over the past 15 years. According to FBI profilers, this killer premeditates his attacks and may even have ties to law enforcement, since his victims display an advanced knowledge of police procedures.
As the killer has been active for many years, his techniques have evolved as he gains confidence. At first, victims were dismembered and their body parts scattered at various locations. The more recent victims, on the other hand, were found in tact. All of them were dumped, unburied , underneath thick brush, very close to the roadways.
The multitude of female murders in Mexicali since 2008 were all so similar that officials have no doubt they’re the work of a sadistic killer. Some are even speculating that the killings may be the work of an entire family.
Of the victims, only two were not prostitutes or addicts. In some cases the victims were dismembered, and their remains were dumped in desolate spots. In July 2011, the attorney general confirmed these murders were not drug or crime related, but definitely the work of a serial killer. The Mexicali Ripper has never been found.
Nine gay men have been murdered in South Africa between 2010 and 2012. Similar to the Craigslist Killer, the serial killer meets the men online, gains their trust, and murders them after being invited into their homes.
The police only recently confirmed that the killings form part of a serial killer investigation. They also believe gang or copycat killers are targeting men in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Although a few suspects have been reprimanded the killings have continued unabated in the African country.
In Edgecombe County, North Carolina, ten black women have disappeared in the past ten years ----- nine have since been found murdered. All the women and one man (a cross – dressing male found dismembered ) were involved in sex trades and had issues with substance abuse.
A man named Antwan Maurice Pittman was convicted of one of these murders in 2011, but with inconclusive evidence, the majority consensus is that he is the Edgecombe County serial killer. Bitter local residents feel that the police sat on this case for too long, quite possibly due to the still hostile relationship between law enforcement and African Americans living in the area.
The killer, also known as “The Seven Bridges Killer,” is almost certainly still at – large .
Jennings, Louisiana has been terrorized by an unknown serial killer since 2005. Eight women have been found murdered and dumped close to the small town’s back roads. All the women had two things in common; they all hung out at the same bar and they all struggled with drug addiction.
The local residents firmly believe one of the town’s police officials is involved in the murders, but only four arrests have ever been made, none of which amounted to anything. The case is one of the most pressing unsolved serial murder mysteries in the US. It’s believed the popular show “True Detective was based on the Jennings 8.
Jennings police have so far been weary of full on admitting that they have a serial killer on their hands, as the women were from different races and the methods by which they were sadistically murdered were different each time.
However, the similarities listed above make this an epidemic that the cops simply cannot ignore for very much longer.
Wow so much for feeling safe when some of these killers were put away. How can they get out for good behavior or get parole after they were convicted of these heinous crimes? And if that isn’t bad enough, some of these killers may be linked to police officials. The biggest issue is these killers are international . So here I am thinking that while I’m writing this, there are killers everywhere you can imagine, and they are not being held accountable for the grisly murders they committed. When is society going to stand up and say enough is enough, catch these lunatics, and demand the death penalty?
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