All news on the topic: Serial killers

Authorities have revealed the identity of one of the victims connected to the Long Island Serial Killer and Gilgo Beach case, whose partial remains were first found in 1996

Almost 30 years after the victim's remains were found wrapped in a plastic bag, police believe they know the identity of the woman who became known as Jane Doe No 7 or the Fire Island Jane Doe

Bryan Kohberger is accused of slaughtering four University of Idaho students in a horror attack that sent shockwaves rippling across America - details of what his defence might be have been scarce but his lawyer has now revealed his possible alibi

Coronation Street actress Tina O'Brien has revealed people are getting more and more suspicious about Stephen Reid's real motives as she predicted who might expose the serial killer for good

We've had killer sharks, and now murder sloths? Film fans have been left in stitches after seeing the trailer for Slotherhouse - a horror comedy about an adorable, but deadly sloth

Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of Gilgo Beach killer suspect Rex Heuermann has reportedly been in touch with him while he awaits trial in Suffolk County jail, though has not yet been to visit him

Long Island architect Rex Heuermann has appeared in court for the first time since July 14, when he pleaded not guilty to the murders of Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman and Melissa Barthelemy

An apparently innocent large green caterpillar was spotted crawling through a North Wales beauty spot - but it will eventually become the Death's Head Hawk moth, an insect supposed associated with death, war and disease

Coronation Street fans suspect Sarah Platt's fate will be sealed with the return of a notorious villain after Adam Barlow exposed her lies in shocking scenes of the ITV soap

Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann's estranged wife has opened up about the damage to her home and impact on her children after police spent almost two weeks tearing apart her Massepequa Park home

Ross was banged up at jails in London and Glasgow, but now he will go to jails in other regions including Latin America and Asia to look at life for inmates

According to Macedonio & Duncan, the law firm representing Asa Ellerup in her divorce from Rex Heuermann, the family is "enduring a profound and indescribable catastrophe." The law firm released a statement that also included a direct statement from the mother of two

After a 12-day search by police, the family of suspected Gilgo Beach murderer, Rex Heuermann returned to their New York home

Detectives found human remains on the property of wealthy Republican and suspected serial killer Herbert Baumeister, who was linked to the sex slayings of more than 20 boys

Highway Kiler Larry Eyler admitted to murdering more than 20 young men and boys. Now, another of his victims has finally been identified after 40 years

HMP Wakefield is a Category A prison, holding some of the country's most notorious and dangerous criminals from serial killers to prolific rapists and more

A second vehicle at the home of Rex Heuermann, accused of being the Long Island serial killer, may help authorities link him to more of the victims found almost a decade ago on Gilgo Beach

Notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley spends 23 hours of the day inside a bulletproof cell in Wakefield Prison after killing four people - including three whilst behind bars

Coronation Street has aired a surprise exit for one character amid a huge serial killer storyline as they headed away from the Cobbles but vowed to be back

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann's soundproof room in the basement - described as a 'serious vault' - has chilling echoes of the infamous 'murder castle' of H H Holmes, America's first serial killer...

Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killer case, had his home searched by cops who found a soundproof basement. He denies the 2010 killings

Dave Schaller used to live together with one of the Gilgo murders victims, Amber Costello. Before her remains were found, he returned home one night to find Rex Hauermann threatening her as she had locked herself in the bathroom

Now voted the world's ugliest city, it's known for one of the worst mining disasters in history that left 262 dead, as well as being the home of a chilling serial killer

Neighbours of the Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect, Rex Heuermann, described him as intimidating, with one neighbour recounting a confrontation where he talked about 'the girls'

Police believe that Gilgo Beach killer suspect Rex Heuermann may have murdered one of his alleged victims at the Massapequa Park home he shared with his wife and children