10 Most Prolific Serial Killers Who Are Still Alive

May 2024 · 5 minute read

According to reliable sources, there are about 40% of the world’s serial killers get away with their murderous activities. According to one of the former detectives called Michael Arntfield, he believes that about 3000 to 4000 serial killers are roaming the world today.

The serial killers mostly learn from their colleagues’ loosers’ mistakes so that they can learn from their mistakes and swerve cops. For an instance, most truck drivers who are serial killers get away with murder because of their unstable location.

According to the FBI, there are about 25 to 50 serial killers in the United States of America who are still free and not caught. In this article, we are going to enlist a couple of serial killers who are still roaming the world and still not been caught.

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Dennis Rader

Dennis Rader was born in Pittsburgh, Kansas, United States of America on 9th March, 1945. He is one of the world’s infamous serial killers who is also referred to as BTK, the BTK Strangler, or the BTK Killer. According to sources, the name BTK is an abbreviation for Blind, Torture, Kill.

That was a title he gave himself. There are lots of sources that say the serial killer is still alive. He is recorded to have killed 10 people in Park City and Wichita, Kansas, United States of America. The serial killer was convicted in the year 2005 and is still serving 10 consecutive life terms.

Gary Leon Ridgway

Gary Leon Ridgway is a known serial killer born in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America on 18th February, 1949. Hei is also known as Green River Killer. Sources have it that the serial killer murdered prostitutes and vulnerable women.

His nickname, Green River Killer was given to him because his first victim’s body was found in Green River. Before he was arrested, he had killed about 80 individuals. The killer was sent to 48 life sentences with no possibility of parole.

 Kristen Heather Gilbert

Kristen Heather Gilbert was born on 13th November, 1967 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States of America. Heather is a former nurse convicted of 4 murders. She was also charged with 2 attempted murders of patients admitted to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts.

She murdered her victims by adding cardiac arrest in patients by injecting their drugs with doses of epinephrine. The serial killer was sentenced to 4 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole including 20 years.

Wayne Williams

The serial killer, Wayne Williams was born on 27th May, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. The killer is also known as Atlanta Monster Atlanta Boogeyman, or the Atlanta Child killer. He is one of the worst serial killers who are recorded to be alive.

The killer was convicted of 2 murders. He is believed to have murdered about 30 victims. The murder that got him imprisoned was the murder of two men in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. He mostly killed children.

Joseph James DeAngelo

Joseph James DeAngelo was an ex-police officer who is believed to have been involved in at least three crimes sprees from the kid 1970s through the MIS 1980s respectively. This famous American serial killer was part of a deal to avoid the death penalty in June 2020.

James pleaded guilty to 13 counts of 1st-degree murder and also, 13 counts of kidnap. Later, Joseph James DeAngelo was given a consecutive life sentence without the possibility of parole. According to sources, this serial killer is still alive.

Beverly Gail Allitt

Beverly Gail Allitt was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, the United Kingdom on 4th October, 1968. The serial killer is also known as The Angel of Death. She was convicted for the murder of 4 children, causing severe bodily injury to some 6 other individuals and three other children.

She was arrested by the police in 1991 and given 13 life sentences. While in prison, she lost her mind and was quickly rushed to Rampton Hospital to be held in custody for a while.

Rosemary Pauline West

Rosemary Pauline West is a famous serial killer born in Northam, United Kingdom on 29th November, 1953. She was convicted for the killing of 10 women. Sources state that, she tortured most of her victims before finally killing them. Also, she committed most of her killings with her husband also called Fred West.

Charmaine Rose was one of her victims known to be her 8 years old stepdaughter. Her husband, Fred West was arrested by the police in the year 1994. Her husband killed himself afterwards.

David Richard Berkowitz

David Richard Berkowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America on 1st June, 1953. He is one of the most identified serial killers who are still alive. He murdered 6 people and wounded about 7 others by July 1977.

After he had undertaken his criminal and murder activities, he sent numerous letters mocking the police. David Richard Berkowitz was finally indict3r for 8 shootings serving 6 consecutive life sentences.

Charles Edmund Cullen 

Charles Edmund Cullen was born in West Orange, New Jersey, United States of America on 22nd February, 1960. He is one of America’s most known serial killers in history. He was first arrested in the year 1988.

Charles confessed to the killing of 140 patients in his career as a nurse. His sentence number changed after it was revealed that the number of people he have killed may be more than what was recorded.

His first ever murder was committed at At. Barnabas hospital. The last identified murder the killer took was in the year 2003.

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