Category: serial

Prosecutor: 4 More Slayings Tied to California Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—A man suspected in Northern California serial killings has been charged in four additional slayings this week, bringing the total to seven deaths since April 2021, authorities said. The shootings terrorized the Central Valley city of Stockton earlier this year as police searched for a man clad in black who appeared to be “on…


French Serial Killer Charles Sobhraj to Leave Nepal Prison

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Nepal, was ordered Wednesday to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence. The Supreme Court ruling also said he had to leave the country within the next 15 days…


Details Emerge About Alleged Serial Killer’s Criminal Past

STOCKTON, Calif.—A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California has a criminal history that includes traffic violations and convictions for drug crimes, authorities said Monday. Stockton police arrested Wesley Brownlee, 43, on Saturday after surveilling him as he drove through the streets of the…


Police Arrest Suspect in Serial Killings in Stockton, California

STOCKTON, Calif.—A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California was arrested before dawn Saturday as he drove through the streets of Stockton, police said. Investigators began watching the suspect after receiving tips and stopped him in a car at about 2 a.m. in the…


Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ Case

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.” Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for the city of Baltimore, said her office would continue to pursue justice for Lee…


Police: 6 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California—all potentially at the hands of a serial killer—in crimes going back more than a year, police said. Authorities last week announced that five men in Stockton had been slain in recent months, ambushed, and shot to…


Police: Ballistics Tests Link Fatal Shootings of 6 Men to Potential Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California—all potentially at the hands of a serial killer—in crimes going back more than a year, police said. Authorities last week announced that five men in Stockton had been slain in recent months, ambushed, and shot to…


Police: California Serial Killer ‘On a Mission’ in Slayings

STOCKTON, Calif.—A California serial killer seems to be “on a mission” throughout the fatal shooting of six men and the wounding of one woman dating back to last year. Ballistics tests and some video evidence linked the crimes in Stockton and Oakland, about 70 miles apart, police said. “We don’t know what the motive is….


Police: 5 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—A serial killer may have ambushed five men in central California separately in recent months, shooting them to death alone in the dark, and police are baffled as to why the victims were targeted. None of the men were robbed or beaten before their killings—which all took place within a radius of a few…


‘Serial’ Case: Adnan Syed Released, Conviction Tossed

BALTIMORE—A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee—a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” At the behest of prosecutors who had uncovered new evidence, Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered that Syed’s conviction be…