In 2016, the majority of victims appeared to be women, but the demographics varied widely - homeless men, adults meandering along a bike path, prostitutes, children, hospital patients, kidnapped women. Your odds of being murdered by a serial killer dramatically decreases after the age of 30. In general, serial killers prefer younger victims. It may surprise you to learn male and female victims are essentially split down the middle, with a slight lean toward women.Īs far as race is concerned, two-thirds of serial killers’ victims were white and African-Americans accounted for almost a quarter of all victims. Some will chill you to the bone when you consider they’re talking about murder the way you and I make dinner plans. Throughout this post I’ve added serial killers’ quotes that are extremely telling. Phoenix, Arizona had a serial shooter who remains at large, and I’m sure you all remember the media coverage surrounding the Long Island serial killer(s). In the United States, suspected serial killers were arrested in New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, and Alaska, where a cab driver contacted police about a passenger who refused to pay his fare, and was later linked to several murders along a bike path.

In 2016, active serial killers traveled in the United States, Thailand, Kenya, Canada, Italy, Germany, Columbia, Costa Rica, Russia, Turkey, the U.K., India, and China.

has more serial killers than any other country. So, like I often do, I researched the subject.

An interesting post by James L’Etoile got me thinking about the serial killers in my area.

Louisiana serial killer 1997