Man deemed nation s most prolific serial killer has died
ABCNews Samuel Little, the prolific serial killer who was serving three consecutive life sentences, is dead, authorities said Wednesday.
Little died at a hospital shortly before 5 a.m. local time, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. An official cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner s Office. He was 80.
The FBI has deemed Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.
He was convicted in 2014 of killing three women in the late 1980s, after being linked to the murders through DNA matched to evidence found at the crime scenes.
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The most prolific serial killer in U.S. history died Wednesday at age 80. Samuel Little had confessed to 93 murders in more than a dozen states over 35 years. Handout/FBI via Getty Images
Samuel Little, a convicted murderer who the FBI says is the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, died Wednesday at age 80.
Little was serving three consecutive life-without-parole sentences for the deaths of three women in the late 1980s in Los Angeles, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in its announcement of his death.
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