For over three decades, serial killer Samuel Little, went undetected while he terrorized women across the country, claiming upwards of 93 victims.
The serial killer targeted vulnerable women, such as sex workers and drug addicts living in high-crime areas, typically beating or rendering them unconscious before strangling them to death. In 2012, his crimes finally caught up to him when authorities charged him with three Los Angeles murders dating back to the 1980s.
Subsequently, the court convicted Little and sentenced him to life in prison. After spending 8 years behind bars, Little died on December 30, 2020. He was 80 and was suffering from diabetes, heart problems, and other health complications.
Confessed serial killer Samuel Little was serving multiple life sentences
Samuel Little, who was serving three consecutive life sentences, died at a California Hospital. Although authorities never disclosed the cause of death, he suffered from diabetes, heart problems, and other “unspecified ailments.” According to the California Corrections Department, there was no evidence of foul play.
The FBI declared Little as the most prolific killer in US history. He supposedly initiated the killings in 1970 by allegedly murdering Mary Jo Brosley in Homestead, Florida. Over time, the list of victims continued to expand. The serial killer proceeded to terrorize the nation and purportedly claimed the lives of over 90 victims. The majority of Little’s victims were prostitutes, drug addicts, or homeless individuals, and most of them were female.
In September 2012, after four decades of terror, authorities arrested Samuel Little on a narcotics charge in a Louisville homeless shelter. Subsequently, they used DNA testing to confirm his involvement in the murders of three women that occurred in the late 1980s. Authorities charged and brought Little to trial for the murders of Linda Alford, Guadalupe Duarte Apodaca, and Audrey Nelson Everett.
On September 25, 2014, Little was found guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Later, Little confessed to more than 93 different murders in total (the largest number of confirmed victims for any serial killer in United States history), and the police formally linked 60 deaths to him.
Before his death, Samuel Little was incarcerated at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, serving his sentence.
