"The one-time competitive boxer usually stunned or knocked out his victims with powerful punches and then strangled them," it said. "Little's method of killing also didn't always leave obvious signs that the death was a homicide," the FBI said. The FBI said it was working with the Department of Justice, Texas Rangers and dozens of state and local agencies to match Little's confessions to unsolved murders across the country.Īccording to the FBI, Little "remembers his victims and the killings in great detail" but is "less reliable, however, when it comes to remembering dates."īecause his victims were mostly drug addicts and prostitutes, in some cases the women were never identified and their deaths were not investigated. The deadliest known US serial killer is believed to be Gary Ridgway, the so-called "Green River Killer" convicted of 49 murders who is serving a life sentence in Washington state. "Little will be confirmed as one of, if not the most, prolific serial killers in US history," Bland said in a statement. "Jackson, Mississippi - one Cincinnati, Ohio - one Phoenix, Arizona - three Las Vegas, Nevada-one." Palazzolo said.Ī total of 90 murders in all, of which law enforcement has so far verified 34 killings.
Sentenced to life in prison, Little was transferred to Texas in connection with the investigation into another murder.īobby Bland, district attorney of Ector County where Little is being held, said he eventually confessed to the 1994 murder of Denise Christie Brothers in Odessa, Texas.Īnd after a Texas Ranger named James Holland gained his trust, Little began confessing to dozens of other murders committed between 19, Bland said.įBI crime analyst Christina Palazzolo said during the course of an interview in May 2018, Little "went through city and state and gave Ranger Holland the number of people he killed in each place.
Once there, DNA evidence linked him to three cold cases and Little was convicted in 2014 of murdering three women in Los Angeles between 19.