This list includes information on black serial killers, loosely ranked by fame and notoriety. Over the years, there have been several murder cases involving African American serial killers. Some of these famous killers used guns, others preferred knives. Many of the most notorious black serial killers are serving life sentences in prison.
Who is the most famous black serial killer? Henry Louis Wallace tops the list. He raped and murdered multiple women in the area surrounding Charlotte, NC in the 1990s. In total, he killed at least 10 women by stabbing and/or strangulation. When Wallace was arrested in 1994, he made a full confession to police officers. He was found guilty of nine counts of murder and handed nine death sentences. As of 2016, he's on death row.
Chester Turner is another of the most well-known black serial killers, one of the men suspected of killing more than 100 women in South Central Los Angeles. Turner was convicted of more than a dozen Southside Slayer murders. He was in prison on rape charges when his DNA was connect to the LA killings. In 2016, Turner's on death row.
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List of Famous Black Serial Killers,
Chester Turner
Chester Turner is one of the men suspected of killing more than 100 women in South Central Los Angeles. Turner was convicted of more than a dozen Southside Slayer murders, which happened between 1987 and 1998. He was imprisoned on rape charges when his DNA was connected to many of the LA killings. Turner has been sentenced to die, many times over. He is currently on death row.
Carl Eugene Watts
Carl Eugene Watts, AKA The Sunday Morning Slasher, is suspected of killing more than 100 women from 1974 to 1982. He typically killed white women, whom he had kidnapped and tortured prior to their deaths. He was arrested when caught breaking into the Houston home of two young women in 1982.
Watts died of cancer while serving time for his crimes in 2007. He is considered a suspect in 90 unsolved murder cases.
Derrick Todd Lee
Derrick Todd Lee was convicted of murdering two women, one of whom he bludgeoned, and stabbed more than 80 times. DNA linked him to five additional murders that took place between 1998 and 2003. He was sentenced to death for his horrific crimes, but he died in the hospital, where he was taken for emergency treatment in 2016.
Henry Louis Wallace
Henry Louis Wallace raped and murdered multiple women in the area surrounding Charlotte, NC in the 1990s. In total, he killed at least 10 women by stabbing and/or strangulation. When Wallace was arrested in 1994, he made a full confession to police officers. He was found guilty of nine counts of murder and received nine death sentences. As of 2016, he's serving his time on death row.
Lorenzo Gilyard
Lorenzo Gilyard is suspected of raping and murdering over a dozen women around Kansas City between 1977 and 1993. Most of his victims were prostitutes, who were found without shoes and usually with a cloth stuffed in their mouths. Gilyard was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2007.
Craig Price
Craig Price was just 16 years old when he was arrested for killing four people, in two separate incidents, in Rhode Island in 1989. Originally tried as a minor, Price was scheduled to be released when he turned 21.
This case helped change laws in the state so teens can be charged as adults in brutal crimes. A group called Citizens Opposed to the Release of Craig Price opposed his release - his sentence would have totaled less than a year per murder - and the court added 10-25 years to his original sentence.
Paul Durousseau
Paul Durousseau murdered seven Florida women, two of whom were pregnant, between 1997 and 2003. He was known to tie the hands of his victims, rape them, then strangle them. German officials suspect him in several murder cases that occurred in the early 1990s, when Durousseau, a military man, was stationed in Germany. Durousseau reportedly met several of his victims when he was driving a cab. He was sentenced to death and is currently serving time on death row.
Mark Goudeau
Mark Goudeau, AKA The Baseline Killer, has been charged with a total of 74 crimes in the Phoenix area. His crimes include rape, robbery and murder. Goudeau is believed to have killed eight women and one man between 2005 and 2006. He was sentenced to a total of 438 years in prison for all of his sexual assault charges, and is awaiting trial for his other crimes.
Eugene Victor Britt
Eugene Victor Britt confessed to killing 11 people, one of whom was an eight-year-old girl, in Gary, IN in 1995. He also raped many of his victims. He plead guilty to his crimes, but with a stipulation of mental illness, as he is developmentally disabled. Britt was sentenced to life in prison plus a consecutive 100 years for his crimes.
Ray Joseph Dandridge
In 2006, Ray Joseph Dandridge was convicted to three consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to three counts of capital murder. He killed six people in the Richmond area in a one week period.