List of serial killers active in the 2020s

{{Short description|Active between the years of 2020 and 2029}}This is a list of serial killers who were active between 2020 and the present. A serial killer is typically defined as an individual who murders more than two people with a cooling-off period.{{Cite web |last=Burkhalter |first=Sandra |date=2003 |title=Serial killers |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5214/is_2003/ai_n19132282/?tag=content;col1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503121235/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5214/is_2003/ai_n19132282/?tag=content;col1 |archive-date=2009-05-03 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Bnet}} The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial murder as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone".{{Cite web |title=Serial Murder |url=https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}

Convicted serial killers

= 2020 =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Country

!Years active

!Proven victims

!Possible victims

!Current status

!class="unsortable"|Notes

Rosario Alfonso

|{{Flag|Mexico}}

|2018–2020

|3

|4

|Serving a sentence of 70 years in prison

|Murdered at least three women between December 2018 and January 2020. Absolved of a fourth murder.{{cite web |date=2020-10-24 |title=Imputan cuarto feminicidio a presunto asesino serial en Sinaloa |url=https://www.zocalo.com.mx/imputan-cuarto-feminicidio-a-presunto-asesino-serial-en-sinaloa/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=zocalo.com.mx}}

Esteban Lorenzo Duarte

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|2004–2020

|2

|5

|Committed suicide before apprehension

|Known as "The Butcher/Bluebeard of Villa Astolfi"; murdered his wife in 2004, then murdered and dismembered a girlfriend in 2020. He is suspected of the disappearances of three neighbors.{{Cite web |title=Escalofriante: el descuartizador de Pilar sería un asesino serial |url=https://www.cronica.com.ar/policiales/Escalofriante-el-descuartizador-de-Pilar-seria-un-asesino-serial-20200208-0049.html |access-date=2021-08-10 |work=Crónica |language=es-ES}}{{cite web |title=Horror en Pilar: el descuartizador que se suicidó podría tratarse de un asesino serial |url=https://la100.cienradios.com/horror-en-pilar-el-descuartizador-que-se-suicido-podria-tratarse-de-un-asesino-serial/ |access-date=2021-08-10 |work=La 100 |date=9 February 2020 |language=es}}

Kenyel Brown

|{{Flag|United States}}

|2019–2020

|6

|6

|Committed suicide before apprehension

|Known as the "Metro Detroit Serial Killer". Robbed and murdered six people from 2019 to 2020 in Wayne County, Michigan, later committing suicide.{{Cite web |last=Baldas |first=Tresa |date=2020-03-02 |title=A Michigan judge set him free, then 6 people died. Who's to blame? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/02/kenyel-brown-informant-detroit-michigan-6-people-died/4929846002/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=USA TODAY}}

Travis Lewis

|{{flagu|United States}}

|1996–2020

|3

|3

|Committed suicide before apprehension

|Murdered three members of a family in the same house from 1996 to 2020. After murdering his third victim, he drowned himself in Horseshoe Lake.{{Cite web |title=Inside the Bizarre Case of a Killer Striking Twice 23 Years Apart, Murdering a Mother and Daughter |url=https://people.com/crime/inside-the-bizarre-case-of-a-killer-striking-twice-23-years-apart-murdering-a-mother-and-daughter/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Peoplemag}}

Anil Vala

|{{Flag|India}}

|?–2020

|2

|3

|Convicted of two murders; awaiting trial for third

|Sexually assaulted and strangled women in Gujarat.{{Cite news |date=April 19, 2020 |title=Serial killer arrested for woman's murder in Lodhika |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/serial-killer-arrested-for-womans-murder-in-lodhika/articleshow/75226895.cms |access-date=December 31, 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}

Andrey Yezhov

|{{Flagu|Russia}}

|2010–2020

|7

|7

|Committed suicide before trial

|Known as "The Kashirsky Maniac"; linked to nine sexually-motivated attacks against elderly women and young girls, seven of which were fatal. A month after he was arrested, he hung himself in his prison cell.{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2020 |title=Монстр по прозвищу Ежик: следователи раскрыли тайну каширского маньяка |trans-title=Monster nicknamed Ezha: investigators uncovered the secret of the Kashirsky Maniac |url=https://www.mk.ru/incident/2020/07/23/monstr-po-prozvishhu-ezhik-sledovateli-raskryli-taynu-kashirskogo-manyaka.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204190240/https://www.mk.ru/incident/2020/07/23/monstr-po-prozvishhu-ezhik-sledovateli-raskryli-taynu-kashirskogo-manyaka.html |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Moskovskij Komsomolets |language=ru}}

Omar Santos Loera

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2010–2020

|3

|3

|Committed suicide before trial

|Murdered two people with a saber in 2010 and was arrested, but escaped in less than a year. He later murdered his girlfriend in 2020.{{cite web |last=Pradilla |first=Alberto |date=2022-10-27 |title=Gerardo buscó al asesino de su hija por más de un año; el feminicida se suicidó después de ser encarcelado |url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2021/10/gerardo-busco-asesino-de-su-hija-feminicida-se-suicido/ |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=animalpolitico}}

Ismael Antonio Sánchez and José Rojas

|{{flagu|Argentina}}

|2019–2020

|3

|3

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Along with other two men, they murdered an agricultural producer in June of 2020, and were later linked to two other murders which took place between November 2019 and January 2020.{{Cite web |title=Asesinos seriales de Tucumán: una banda fue acusada de cometer tres crímenes en siete meses |url=https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/857974/actualidad/asesinos-seriales-tucuman-banda-fue-acusada-cometer-tres-crimenes-siete-meses.html |access-date=2020-12-23 |work=www.lagaceta.com.ar |date=28 August 2020 |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=Triple juicio: cadena perpetua para tres de los acusados |url=https://losprimeros.tv/contenido/232856/triple-juicio-cadena-perpetua-para-tres-de-los-acusados |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Los Primeros |language=es}}

Hugo Bustamante Pérez

|{{Flag|Chile}}

|2005–2020

|3

|5

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Murdered his girlfriend and her son in 2005 and hid their bodies in a metal barrel. Released in 2016 just to kill the daughter of his new girlfriend in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Sanhueza |first=Ana |title=Crimen de Ámbar: declaran culpables a Hugo Bustamante y Denisse Llanos |url=https://www.pauta.cl/nacional/ambar-justicia-femicidio-hugo-bustamante-crimen |access-date=2021-11-26 |website=pauta |date=26 November 2021 |language=es}} In 2024, while in prison, he confessed to two other homicides.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=Psicópata del tambor: Asesino de Ámbar Cornejo confesó otros dos homicidios |url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/psicopata-del-tambor-asesino-ambar-cornejo-confeso-otros-dos-homicidios-7-6-2024 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=T13 |language=es}}

Lissa María Caiza

|{{ECU}}

|2020

|4

|5

|Serving a sentence of 56 years in prison

|Known as "Mrs. Poison"; murdered her children, her boyfriend and a friend, and it is believed that she killed one more man. She is accused of having tried to murder ten people, including her mother and brothers.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=Lissa C., la asesina en serie que envenenó a sus hijos en el nororiente de Quito y que enfrenta cuatro sentencias |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/seguridad/luisa-c-asesina-en-serie-enveneno-hijos-hombres-carcel-sentencias-fiscalia-policia-nacional-quito-parroquia-pifo-nota/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=El Universo |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Los crímenes de la presunta asesina serial de Pifo: habría actuado bajo conciencia en triple homicidio, envenamientos y más |url=https://www.vistazo.com/actualidad/nacional/los-crimenes-de-la-presunta-asesina-serial-de-pifo-habria-actuado-bajo-AEVI208181 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=vistazo.com |language=es}}

Karel Šťovíček

|{{CZE}}

|1998–2020

|3

|3

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Caused the death of a pensioner during a robbery; after release, he murdered two women in the Bohemian Paradise area during sexual encounters.{{Cite news |last=Petr Roubíček |date=April 12, 2021 |title=Za dvojnásobnou vraždu doživotí, potvrdil Krajský soud v Hradci Králové |trans-title=Life imprisonment for double murder, confirmed by the Regional Court in Hradec Králové |url=https://hradecka.drbna.cz/zpravy/9533-za-dvojnasobnou-vrazdu-dozivoti-potvrdil-krajsky-soud-v-hradci-kralove.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240627201936/https://hradecka.drbna.cz/zpravy/9533-za-dvojnasobnou-vrazdu-dozivoti-potvrdil-krajsky-soud-v-hradci-kralove.html |archive-date=June 27, 2024 |work=Hradecká drbna |language=cs}}

Yuri Sparikhin

|{{Flag|USSR}}
{{Flag|Russia}}

|1980–2020

|4

|4

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Known as "The Novorossiysk Maniac"; violent recidivist and sex offender who raped a woman and killed another in Krasnodar shortly after being released from prison. Previously convicted for murdering a neighbor in 1980 and two children in 2001.{{Cite web |date=May 27, 2022 |title=Жестокому маньяку из Новороссийска добавили 9 лет к пожизненному заключению |trans-title=Cruel maniac from Novorossiysk added 9 years to life imprisonment |url=https://bloknot-novorossiysk.ru/news/zhestokomu-manyaku-iz-novorossiyska-dobavili-9-let |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230311090034/https://bloknot-novorossiysk.ru/news/zhestokomu-manyaku-iz-novorossiyska-dobavili-9-let |archivedate=March 11, 2023 |work=Bloknot |language=ru}}

Diego Ruiz Restrepo

|{{flagu|Chile}}

|2020

|8

|15–20

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Known as "The Psychopath of Meiggs"; Murdered random homeless people by stabbing them in November 2020.{{cite web |date=2020-11-10 |title=Quién es el sujeto acusado de ser el "asesino en serie" del barrio Meiggs |url=https://www.24horas.cl/nacional/quien-es-el-sujeto-acusado-de-ser-el-asesino-en-serie-del-barrio-meiggs-4524284 |access-date=2020-11-11 |website=www.24horas.com}}

Harold Haulman

|{{Flag|Germany}}
{{flagu|United States}}

|1999–2020

|3

|4

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole

|Convicted of murdering three people in the United States and Germany and suspected of an additional one. He lured his last two victims through dating apps.{{Cite web |last=Scarcella |first=Francis |date=2021-09-08 |title=UPDATE: Judge to homeless man in murder case: 'You are evil' |url=https://www.dailyitem.com/update-judge-to-homeless-man-in-murder-case-you-are-evil/article_431956d8-10cb-11ec-86c2-afa091eb2df3.html |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=The Daily Item}}

Omar Fernandez Herrada

|{{Flag|Bolivia}}

|2017–2020

|4

|4

|Serving a sentence of 30 years in prison

|Murdered four people, including his cousin, with two accomplices.{{Cite web |title=Feminicidios en serie: Condenado se retracta y dice que confesó asesinatos porque fue obligado {{!}} Unitel |url=https://unitel.bo/seguridad/feminicidios-en-serie-condenado-se-retracta-y-dice-que-confeso-asesinatos-porque-fue-obligado_144482 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=unitel.bo |language=es}}

Maina Ramulu

|{{Flagu|India}}

|2003–2020

|16

|18

|Convicted; awaiting sentencing

|Convicted of murdering sixteen women during three separate murder sprees due to his hatred of women. He has now been charged with the murders of two more women committed after he was released from prison in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Ashish |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Police arrest serial killer accused of murdering 18 women in Telangana's Hyderabad |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/police-arrest-serial-killer-accused-of-murdering-18-women-in-telangana-s-hyderabad-1763120-2021-01-27 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=India Today}}

Rustam Kiknadze

|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|2004–2020

|5

|5

|Sentenced to 26 years imprisonment

|Raped, murdered two women and set their bodies on fire in 2004; paroled in 2014, but re-arrested for sexually abusing a disabled young girl; paroled on a second occasion in 2020 and killed three more women in Taraz that year; sentenced to 26 years imprisonment.{{Cite web |author=Galina Vybornova |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Серийного убийцу из Тараза приговорили к 26 годам лишения свободы |trans-title=Taraz serial killer sentenced to 26 years imprisonment |url=https://exk.kz/news/96549/sieriinogho-ubiitsu-iz-taraza-prighovorili-k-26-ghodam-lishieniia-svobody |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230131124145/https://exk.kz/news/96549/sieriinogho-ubiitsu-iz-taraza-prighovorili-k-26-ghodam-lishieniia-svobody |archivedate=January 31, 2023 |work=exk.kz |language=Russian}}

Nikolay Tishov

|{{Flag|Russia}}
{{Flag|Spain}} (accused)

|2020

|1

|3

|Serving an indefinite sentence in a psychiatric hospital

|Suspected of murdering two people in Alicante, Spain, between August and November 2020. He later murdered another person in Russia, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being declared mentally ill.{{Cite web |last=T |first=Sohailanwar |date=2022 |title=This was the hunt for Nikolay, the Alicante serial killer who was imprisoned in Russia - S Chronicles - Computer Network Topology |url=https://computernetworktopology.com/this-was-the-hunt-for-nikolay-the-alicante-serial-killer-who-was-imprisoned-in-russia-s-chronicles/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Computer Network Topology}}{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Lorraine |date=2022-11-05 |title=Alicante serial killer idendity confirmed |url=https://inspain.news/alicante-serial-killer-idendity-confirmed/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=InSpain.news}}

Maniram Sen

|{{Flagu|India}}

|2000–2020

|5

|6

|Convicted of five murders; awaiting trial for sixth

|After being released from prison in 2017 for murdering five people in 2000, Sen allegedly bludgeoned a journalist to death with a stone on November 8, 2020.{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Serial killer who killed 35-yr-old TV journalist on Nov 8 arrested |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/serial-killer-who-killed-35-yr-old-tv-journalist-on-nov-8-arrested.html |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Daily Pioneer}}

Adre Baroz

|{{Flagu|United States}}

|2020

|5

|5

|Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 140 years

|Murdered five people in seven weeks in southern Colorado.{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2024/05/07/adre-baroz-psycho-life-in-prison-san-luis-valley-murders-homicides/|title=Adre "Psycho" Baroz sentenced to life in prison for 5 San Luis Valley murders|first=Julianna |last=O'Clair |date=May 7, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://coloradosun.com/2024/05/06/adre-baroz-psycho-life-sentence-san-luis-valley-murders/|title=San Luis Valley serial killer nicknamed "Psycho" sentenced to life in prison|first=Olivia|last=Prentzel|date=May 6, 2024|website=The Colorado Sun}}

Ayumi Yamashita

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|2018–2023

|1

|3

|Serving a sentence of 6 years in prison

|A mother who killed at least one baby in her home, whose three babies were found dead, was sentenced to six years in prison for one count of murder and two counts of abandoning a corpse after her arrest.{{cite web |date=2025-02-20 |title=赤ちゃん3人の遺体を遺棄 うち1人を殺害した罪に問われている母親 検察「殺害方法は強い殺意がある」懲役7年を求刑【香川】 |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1743744?display=1 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=TBS News}}{{cite web |date=2025-02-21 |title=高松 赤ちゃん殺害遺棄事件 母親に懲役6年の判決|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/takamatsu/20250221/8030020355.html |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=News Web}}{{Cite news |date=2025-02-17 |title=出産した男児3人遺棄うち1人殺害の罪認める 初公判で高松の母親 |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/AST2J1G8MT2JPLXB004M.html?iref=pc_photo_gallery_bottom |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=The Asahi Shimbun}}

= 2021 =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Country

!Years active

!Proven victims

!Possible victims

!Current status

!class="unsortable"|Notes

Tracy Walker

|{{flagu|United States}}

|1991–2021

|4

|4

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Stabbed three homeless people to death in Rancho Dominguez; previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Los Angeles.{{Cite news |date=October 18, 2021 |title=Man Sentenced to 110 Years to Life in Triple-Murder Case |url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2021-10-18-man-sentenced-to-110-years-to-life-in-triple-murder-case/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240111075205/https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2021-10-18-man-sentenced-to-110-years-to-life-in-triple-murder-case/ |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |work=KFI AM}}

Sean Michael Lannon

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2021

|5

|16

|Serving a combined sentence of 95 years in prison

|Bludgeoned a man to death in New Jersey and murdered five other people, including his ex-wife, in New Mexico. He confessed to murdering an additional 11 people, most of whom were drug dealers, but his claims have not been substantiated.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2024/05/convicted-spree-killer-sean-lannon-sentenced-in-last-of-5-violent-murders.html|title=Convicted spree killer Sean Lannon sentenced in last of 5 violent murders|author=Matt Gray|work=NJ.com|date=May 31, 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240606100158/https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2024/05/convicted-spree-killer-sean-lannon-sentenced-in-last-of-5-violent-murders.html?outputType=amp|archivedate=June 6, 2024}}

Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez

|{{Flag|El Salvador}}

|2019–2021

|14

|18–40

|Serving a sentence of seventy years in prison

|Raped and murdered fourteen women and girls with nine accomplices, and is suspected of having raped and murdered a further four to 26.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |last7= |first7= |last8= |date=2021-05-20 |title=El Salvador: encuentran 14 cadáveres en casa de expolicía |url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/internacional/articulo/2021-05-20/el-salvador-encuentran-14-cadaveres-en-casa-de-expolicia |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Los Angeles Times en Español |language=es-US}}{{Cite web |last=de 2021 |first=21 de Mayo |title=Este es el femicida multiple que horrorizó a El Salvador |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2021/05/22/este-es-el-femicida-multiple-que-horrorizo-a-el-salvador/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=infobae |date=22 May 2021 |language=es-ES}}

Andrés Mendoza

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2001–2021

|19

|30

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Murdered and cannibalized seventeen women, a man, and a child.{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=2022-07-01 |title=The cannibal of Atizapán: serial killer butchered victims then gifted meat |url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/atizapan-cannibal-serial-killer-butcher-meat/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Mexico News Daily}}

Masten Milimu Wanjala

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|2015–2021

|10

|10

|Lynched by mob while awaiting trial

|Murdered young boys in Nairobi and drank their blood. After escaping from prison, he was lynched by a mob.{{Cite web |last=Shilitsa |first=John |date=2021 |title=Suspected child killer Masten Wanjala lynched by mob |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001426261/suspected-child-killer-masten-wanjala-lynched |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Standard}}

Charles Rowland

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2021

|2

|9

|Serving two life sentences

|Shot a couple to death in their Georgia home in September 2021 and later confessed to seven other murders in Georgia, including a triple homicide that another man had been imprisoned for.{{Cite web |last=Kovac |first=Joe |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Possible serial killer linked to 6 Macon slayings was recently convicted in nearby murders |url=https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article260596707.html?fbclid=IwAR1z13NuModYcXN5pBg2MBAhyl1hlRxJkbA6HZxJ3ZpVQ8Y_cLQCKR3fMcw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421015232/https://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article260596707.html?fbclid=IwAR1z13NuModYcXN5pBg2MBAhyl1hlRxJkbA6HZxJ3ZpVQ8Y_cLQCKR3fMcw |archive-date=2022-04-21 |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=The Macon Telegraph}}

Daniel Printz

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2017–2021

|1

|4

|Serving a sentence of life without parole

|Convicted of murdering a woman in 2021 and later confessed to murdering three others.{{Cite web |title=FBI: N.C. man a 'serial killer' after details revealed about his role in deaths of 4 women |url=https://www.wbtv.com/2022/06/22/fbi-nc-man-serial-killer-after-details-revealed-about-his-role-deaths-4-women/ |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Wbtv |date=22 June 2022}}

Fabricio Eloy Ludeña

|{{Flagu|Ecuador}}

|2017–2021

|3

|4

|Committed suicide before trial

|Known as "The Undertaker of Dayuma", murdered three men and is believed to have killed a fourth in 2017. While awaiting trial, he hanged himself in his jail cell.{{Cite web |title=Hallaron colgado al 'Enterrador de Dayuma' |url=https://www.extra.ec/noticia/actualidad/hallaron-colgado-enterrador-dayuma-64199.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=www.extra.ec}}

José Tiago Correia Soroka

|{{Flag2|Brazil}}

|2021

|3

|5

|One hundred and four years in prison

|Fatally strangled three gay men he contacted through a dating app. He is also a supect in two other homicides; the death of a doctor in 2016, and his former boss, a gay man. He was captured after attempting to murder another victim.{{Cite web |title=Serial killer de homossexuais é condenado a 104 anos de prisão por latrocínio e extorsão |url=https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2022/07/14/serial-killer-de-homossexuais-e-condenado-a-104-anos-de-prisao-por-latrocinio-e-extorsao.ghtml |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=G1 |date=14 July 2022 |language=pt-br}}

Richard Choque

|{{Flagu|Bolivia}}

|2009–2021

|4

|4+

|Serving a sentence of 30 years in prison

|Convicted of murdering a woman in 2013. He bribed a judge and kidnapped, raped, and murdered at least two more women once released. He had already killed his cousin in 2009.{{Cite web |title=Tribunal da 30 años de cárcel para Richard Choque por el asesinato de Lucy |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/policial/dan-30-anos-carcel-richard-choque-asesinato-lucy/20220302181029857270.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Opinión Bolivia |date=2 March 2022 |language=es}}

Shavkat Shayakhmedov

|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
{{Flag|Russia}}

|1994–2021

|5

|6+

|Died in prison

|Known as "The Zalegoshchensky Maniac"; Uzbekistani-Russian who raped and murdered four children and one adult woman in the Sughd Region and the Oryol Oblast.{{Cite news |last=Ivan Petrov |date=August 30, 2023 |title=Прояснить судьбу каждого: как находят останки жертв маньяков |trans-title=Clarifying the fate of everyone: how the remains of victims of maniacs are found |url=https://iz.ru/1564458/ivan-petrov/proiasnit-sudbu-kazhdogo-kak-nakhodiat-ostanki-zhertv-maniakov |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240510040901/https://iz.ru/1564458/ivan-petrov/proiasnit-sudbu-kazhdogo-kak-nakhodiat-ostanki-zhertv-maniakov |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |work=Izvestia |language=ru}}

Dmitry Kazakov

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|2009–2021

|6

|6

|Committed suicide before trial

|Murdered security guards and one woman during robberies in Novosibirsk and Tomsk Oblasts.{{Cite web|url=https://ngs.ru/text/criminal/2022/08/11/71561006/|title=Смерть Дмитрия Казакова подтвердили в ГУФСИН — его обвиняли в убийстве жены главврача искитимской ГКБ|author=Anna Skok|work=NGS.ru|date=11 August 2022|trans-title=The death of Dmitry Kazakov was confirmed by the Federal Penitentiary Service - he was accused of murdering the wife of the head physician of the Iskitim City Clinical Hospital|language=ru|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250324124013/https://ngs.ru/text/criminal/2022/08/11/71561006/|archivedate=24 March 2025}}

Keith Gibson

|{{Flag|United States}}

|2008–2021

|3

|7

|Serving a life sentence

|Killed a man in a robbery in Wilmington, Delaware in 2008. Convicted of two shooting deaths that occurred in May and June 2021 in Delaware, and is suspected of four other murders that occurred in Philadelphia that same year.{{cite web |last1=Orso |first1=Anna |last2=Palmer |first2=Chris |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Delaware officials released a suspect in a Philly homicide from jail. Now, he's connected to more killings. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/keith-gibson-probation-jail-released-judge-delaware-homicides-20210611.html |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}{{cite web |last1=Chase |first1=Randall |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Suspected Philly serial killer faces life in prison after being convicted of 2 murders in Del. |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/suspected-philly-serial-killer-faces-life-in-prison-after-being-convicted-of-2-murders-in-del/3695787/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=NBC Philadelphia}}

Jason Thornburg

|{{Flag|United States}}

|2017–2021

|3

|5

|Sentenced to death in Texas in 2024. Currently incarcerated on death row.

|Convicted of murdering, dismembering and cannibalising three people in Fort Worth, Texas in September 2021. Additionally confessed to the murder of his missing girlfriend in Arizona in 2017 and the murder of his friend in Texas in May 2021.{{cite news|title=Man convicted of killing and dismembering 3 people in Texas is sentenced to death|date=December 4, 2024|work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/death-sentence-dismembered-bodies-jason-thornburg-bb0b53cb79c62e731d45d7eb8c8e5827}}

Kwon Jae-chan

|{{Flag|South Korea}}

|2003–2021

|3

|3

|Serving a death sentence

|Robbed and murdered three people in Incheon between 2003 and 2021.{{Cite web |last=Yonhap |date=2021-12-14 |title=Double murder suspect says 'sorry' for fatal robbery crime |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211214000493 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=The Korea Herald}}

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!Current status

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Alexander Kiselev

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|2003–2022

|3

|3

|13.5 years imprisonment

|Known as "The Tie Maniac"; strangled two female acquaintances in Perm, using a tie that matched the color of their socks; paroled from a 20-year sentence in 2022, after which he killed another woman in an identical manner.{{Cite web|url=https://vetta.tv/news/incidents/ubiytse-studentok-iz-permi-otkazali-v-udo/|title=Убийце студенток из Перми отказали в УДО|work=Vetta TV|date=2 November 2018|trans-title=Perm student killer denied parole|language=ru|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250516070719/https://vetta.tv/news/perm-krai/v-prikame-vyshli-na-marshruty-elektropoezda-lastochka/|archivedate=16 May 2025}}

William Devonshire

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2003–2022

|3

|3

|Died before trial

|Murdered a woman in Sarasota, Florida, after being released from prison for a murder he committed in Delaware in 2003. On June 5, 2022, he died in the Sarasota County Jail after refusing to take his medication. Shortly after his death, he was linked by DNA to the murder of another woman in the same area.{{Cite web |last=Snabes |first=Anne |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Sarasota man charged with murder in woman's death near Centennial Park, 'strongly suspected' in 2nd homicide case, police say |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/28/william-devonshire-charged-murder-death-sarasota-woman-centennial-park/7190221001/ |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune}}{{Cite web |last=Krietz |first=Andrew |date=June 6, 2022 |title=Convicted murderer accused of killing 2 women in Sarasota dies in jail |url=https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/william-devonshire-convicted-sarasota-murderer-dies-jail/67-99659580-7a95-488f-9d99-7d2b104f43f6 |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=wtsp.com}}

Freddrick Jackson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2020–2022

|4

|4

|Serving a 50 year sentence

|Fatally shot four people in Little Rock, Arkansas.https://www.kark.com/crime/little-rock-teen-pleads-guilty-to-four-murder-charges-sentenced-to-50-years/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Jeremy Skibicki

|{{flagu|Canada}}

|2022

|4

|4

|Incarcerated

|Murdered four Indigenous-Canadian women between March and May 2022. Found guilty of first-degree murder on all counts on July 11, 2024.{{cite news |last1=Gowriluk |first1=Caitlyn |title=Jeremy Skibicki found guilty of 1st-degree murder in deaths of 4 women in Winnipeg |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeremy-skibicki-1st-degree-murder-trial-decision-1.7259965 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=July 11, 2024}}

Brenda Agüero

|{{flagu|Argentina}}

|2022

|5

| +5

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Murdered 5 newborn babies and tried to kill 8 others.{{Cite web |last=Página{{!}}12 |date=2025-06-18 |title=Perpetua para la enfermera del Neonatal {{!}} El veredicto por las muertes de los bebés cordobeses |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/835303-perpetua-para-la-enfermera-del-neonatal |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=PAGINA12 |language=es}}

Tyrone Steele

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2022

|4

|5

|Serving four life sentences

|Shot four to five people to death in New Orleans in a 45-day span.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/new-orleans-jury-convicts-man-in-murder-spree/article_30fcdf50-dcd0-11ee-bfbc-5346ce4a83b3.html|title=New Orleans jury convicts Tyrone Steele in murder spree; he collected 'trophies' from victims|date=March 8, 2024|website=NOLA.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/mother-of-new-orleans-murder-victim-still-wants-justice-after-alleged-killer-was-acquitted/60249474|title=Mother of New Orleans murder victim still wants justice after alleged killer was acquitted|first=Shay|last=O'Connor|date=March 20, 2024|website=WDSU}}

John Mark Richardson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2022

|3

|3+

|Serving three sentences of life imprisonment

|Shot three black men to death in Greensboro, North Carolina, one of whom he dismembered.{{Cite web |last=Ayres |first=Annette |date=August 29, 2023 |title=Greensboro families address killer sentenced Monday to 3 life sentences in prison |url=https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-courts/greensboro-families-address-killer-sentenced-monday-to-3-life-sentences-in-prison/article_00a9925e-45c1-11ee-adb7-cfc763adce79.html |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Greensboro News and Record}}

Malachi Uwem

|{{Flagu|Nigeria}}

|2022

|15

|15

|Shot and killed by police during an attempted escape

|Leader of a gang who robbed and murdered fifteen people with accomplices. He and another gang member were shot and killed while attempting to escape police custody.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Phillip |date=2022-05-01 |title=Notorious Serial Killer, Malachi Uwem Killed in Akwa Ibom |url=https://reportafrique.com/news/metro/notorious-serial-killer-malachi-uwem-killed-in-akwa-ibom/ |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Report Afrique}}

Neftalí Valencia Torrijos

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|2013–2022

|1

|4

|Convicted of one murder; awaiting trial for another

|Allegedly attacked a couple while on house arrest for a murder, killing the woman and wounding the man. He is also suspected of two additional murders.{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Asesino en serie alias Silencio cayó en Campoalegre |trans-title=Serial killer known as "Silencio" arrested in Campoalegre |url=https://opanoticias.com/huila/asesino-en-serie-alias-silencio-cayo-en-campoalegre/asesino-en-serie-alias-silencio-cay%C3%B3-en-campoalegre |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Opanoticias |language=es}}

Roberto José Carmona

|{{flagu|Argentina}}

|1986–2022

|4

|4

|Serving a sentence of life imprisonment

|Known as "The Human Hyena", in 1986 he kidnapped, raped and murdered a young woman named Gabriela Ceppi. Once in prison, he killed two other inmates. In 2022 he escaped from prison, during which he kidnapped and murdered a taxi driver in order to steal his vehicle.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=Conmoción en Córdoba. Tras 36 años preso, la "Hiena humana" se fugó en una visita conyugal tras un choque, pero lo recapturaron |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/conmocion-en-cordoba-tras-36-anos-preso-la-hiena-humana-se-fugo-en-una-visita-conyugal-tras-un-nid13122022/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}

Andrew Hammond

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2020–2022

|3

|3

|Serving three sentences of life without parole

|Shot and killed three men in Fresno, California.{{Cite web|url=https://kmph.com/news/local/oakhurst-man-sentence-to-life-without-parole-for-3-murders-in-fresno-judge-jonathan-conklin-fresno-county-superior-court-fernando-gonzales-steven-rice-brandon-munoz-andrew-hammond|title=Oakhurst man sentenced to life without parole for 3 murders in Fresno|first=Stephen|last=Hawkins|date=June 27, 2024|website=KMPH}}

= 2023 =

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!Country

!Years active

!Proven victims

!Possible victims

!Current status

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Mario Alberto Berrios Muñoz

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2021–2023

|2

|5–10+

|Killed by intended victim

|In 2022, he murdered a US citizen and on February 5, 2023, an elderly man, from whom he stole their cell phones. He is suspected of having killed another man and two women, whom he would also have raped. He is the main suspect in the Cuauhtémoc murders,{{Cite web |title=Identifican a feminicida serial de cuauhtémoc |url=https://laopcion.com.mx/policial/identifican-a-feminicida-serial-de-cuauhtemoc-20210904-348401.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=La Opción de Chihuahua |language=es-ES}} where five women were raped and murdered. He was killed on February 6, 2023 by one of his relatives whom he also tried to kill during the commission of a robbery.{{Cite web |title=Asesino serial es hallado muerto en Empalme |url=https://diariodelyaqui.mx/policiaca/asesino-serial-es-hallado-muerto-en-empalme/63624 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Diario del Yaqui|date=6 October 2020 }}

Slamet Tohari

|{{Flag|Indonesia}}

|2020–2023

|12

|12+

|Serving a death sentence

|Scammed and poisoned people with cyanide before burying them near his home in Banjarnegara.{{Cite web |last=Wicaksono |first=Wilibrordus |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Killing 12 People, Banjarnegara Money Multiplier Shaman Sentenced to Death Penalty |url=https://www.kompas.id/baca/english/2023/12/21/en-bunuh-12-orang-dukun-pengganda-uang-banjarnegara-dituntut-hukuman-mati |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=kompas.id}}

Efraín Sarmiento Cuero

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|2017–2023

|3

|3

|Serving a sentence of forty four years in prison

|Murdered his two girlfriends between 2017 and 2019, and his wife in 2023 during a prison visit.{{Cite web |last=Guarín |first=Caracol Radio,Narda |date=2023-05-15 |title=El prontuario del feminicida de la cárcel de Cómbita en Boyacá |url=https://caracol.com.co/2023/05/15/el-prontuario-del-feminicida-de-la-carcel-de-combita-en-boyaca/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Caracol Radio |language=es}}

Raul Meza Jr.

|{{Flag|United States}}

|1982–2023

|3

|13

|Convicted of three murders

|Murdered an 8-year-old girl in 1982 in Austin, Texas. He has also pleaded guilty and confessed to the murder of Gloria Lofton in mid-2019, and the murder of his roommate Jesse Fraga on May 20, 2023. Suspect in as many as ten other homicides.{{Cite web |title=Who is convicted murderer Raul Meza Jr.? Here's what we know |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/raul-meza-jr-austin-texas-murders-kendra-page-gloria-lofton-jesse-fraga-death/70273426007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729100813/https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/05/31/raul-meza-jr-austin-texas-murders-kendra-page-gloria-lofton-jesse-fraga-death/70273426007/ |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |work=Austin American-Statesman}}{{Cite web |title=Austin police say suspect in 2 killings may be involved in nearly a dozen more |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/us/raul-meza-austin-texas-arrest/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729100942/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/us/raul-meza-austin-texas-arrest/index.html |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |work=CNN|date=June 2023 }}{{Cite web|title=Convicted murderer released in the '90s agrees to life sentence on 2 new murder charges|url=https://apnews.com/article/raul-meza-plea-agreement-life-prison-3f7cbe9d2b520973eb6f8255c751c719|access-date=October 17, 2024|work=Associated Press|date=30 September 2024 }}

Juan Carlos Villa

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|2012–2023

|11

|11

|Serving a sentence of forty five years in prison

|Known as "The Dwarf" for his short height. He tortured and killed eleven elderly people and one minor.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Condenan a alias 'el enano' asesino en serie a 45 años de prisión |url=https://www.agenciapi.co/noticia/justicia/condenan-alias-el-enano-asesino-en-serie-45-anos-de-prision |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Agenciapi.co |language=spanish}}

Denis Kazungu

|{{Flag|Rwanda}}

|2023

|14

|14

|Serving a life sentence

|Lured 14 people to his home in Kigali, where he robbed and murdered them before dumping them in a hole in the kitchen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/15101/news/crime/serial-killer-kazungu-sentenced-to-life-in-prison|title=Serial killer Kazungu sentenced to life in prison|author=Aurore Teta Ufitiwabo|work=The New Times Rwanda|date=March 8, 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240308181056/https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/15101/news/crime/serial-killer-kazungu-sentenced-to-life-in-prison|archivedate=March 8, 2024}}

Alexei Varakin

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|2010–2023

|4

|4

|Judged unfit to stand trial and interned at a psychiatric institution

|Sentenced to compulsory treatment after murdering two prostitutes in St. Petersburg in 2010. After his release in 2021, he killed two more prostitutes in Moscow in 2023 and was arrested.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2023/12/27/news/alexei-varakin-beheaded-prostitute/ |title=Suspected Russian serial killer admitted to beheading prostitute after being unable to perform |access-date=2024-02-20 |date=December 27, 2023 |publisher=New York Post |archive-date=January 5, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105000234/https://nypost.com/2023/12/27/news/alexei-varakin-beheaded-prostitute/ |url-status = live}}

Heather Pressdee

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2022–2023

|3

|17

|Sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 380 to 760 years

|Intentionally administered lethal doses of insulin to nursing patients throughout five Pennsylvania nursing homes. Sentenced on charges related to three murders and 19 attempts of committing murder,{{cite news |last1=Balarajan |first1=Brammhi |last2=Sykes |first2=Jillian |last3=Alvarado |first3=Caroll |last4=Yan |first4=Holly |title='She's pure evil': Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/us/nurse-heather-pressdee-sentenced-patient-deaths-pennsylvania |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=CNN |date=3 May 2024}} while being connected to the deaths of 17 patients in total.{{cite news |title=Pennsylvania nurse accused of killing patients with insulin overdoses facing additional charges |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/heather-pressdee-pa-nurse-new-charges/45724372 |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=WTAE-TV |date=3 November 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Guza |first1=Megan |title='Killer nurse' Heather Pressdee pleads guilty in deaths of 17 Western Pa. nursing home patients |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/05/02/heather-pressdee-killer-nurse/stories/202405010131 |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2 May 2024}}

Lucho Plátano

|{{flagu|Chile}}

|2022–2023

|4

|4

|Incarcerated

|Criminal who murdered four people in the Santiago Metropolitan Region between 2022 and 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/detienen-a-lucho-platano-presunto-autor-del-homicidio-del-comisario-daniel-valdes-en-la-cisterna/7ULVL4HPTNBDHPZKOKTSDMIILQ/|title=Detienen a "Lucho Plátano", presunto autor del homicidio del comisario Daniel Valdés en La Cisterna|access-date=5 March 2024|last=Batarce|first=Catalina|date=9 February 2023|website=La Tercera}}

José Leonardo Quevedo Turizo

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|2022–2023

|4

|6+

|Serving a 39 year sentence

|Formed romantic relationships with gay men and hanged them in their homes.{{Cite web |last=Bustos Granados |first=Jenny Alejandra |date=2025-04-08 |title=Asesino en serie de personas de la comunidad Lgbti+ fue condenado a 39 años de prisión: así operaba |url=https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/04/08/asesino-en-serie-de-personas-de-la-comunidad-lgbti-fue-condenado-a-39-anos-de-prision-asi-operaba/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}

= 2024 =

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!Years active

!Proven victims

!Possible victims

!Current status

!class="unsortable"|Notes

Larry Dewayne Reed

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2012–2024

|1

|4

|Convicted of one murder; awaiting trial for others

|Murdered 18-year-old Obeth Hernandez in 2012. Arrested as a suspect in a triple homicide that took place in January 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/convicted-murderer-wanted-in-arlington-triple-homicide-arrested-in-mississippi/3454549/|title=Convicted murderer wanted in Arlington triple-homicide arrested in Mississippi|website=NBCDFW|date=February 6, 2024}}

Mark Ford

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2003–2024

|3

|3

|Died by suicide before he could be arrested for the 2024 murders

|Convicted of one murder in 2003; confirmed to have committed two more plus one attempted murder in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/las-vegas-teen-killer-released-015245712.html|title=Las Vegas teen killer released from prison kills again, twice: 'The dear Lord is not done with you'|date=April 5, 2024|website=Yahoo News}}

Nikolai Ageyev

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|2006–2024

|4

|4

|Sentenced to life imprisonment

|Murdered a cellmate while serving a sentence for robbery; paroled in 2018, whereupon he raped and murdered an elderly woman and a young girl in separate incidents; while serving a life sentence, he murdered a second cellmate.{{Cite web|url=https://ura.news/news/1052855449|title=Осужденный за убийство свердловской девочки жестоко расправился с сокамерником в ЯНАО|author=Maxim Podkin|work=Ura.News|date=December 12, 2024|trans-title= Convict who Murdered Sverdlovsk Girl Brutally Deals with Cellmate in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug|language=ru|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250105055133/https://ura.news/news/1052855449|archivedate=January 5, 2025}}

Miguel Cortés Miranda

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2012–2024

|3

|30+

|Died awaiting trial

|Known as "The Monster of Iztacalco"; chemist who raped and murdered young women and teenagers across Mexico City.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2025-04-16/el-presunto-feminicida-de-iztacalco-murio-de-una-intoxicacion-despues-de-una-caida-en-prision-mientras-dormia.html|title=El presunto feminicida de Iztacalco murió de una "intoxicación" después de una caída en prisión "mientras dormía"|author=Micaela Varela|work=El País|date=16 April 2025|trans-title=The alleged Iztacalco murderer died of "intoxication" after falling in prison "while sleeping"|language=es|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250503160353/https://elpais.com/mexico/2025-04-16/el-presunto-feminicida-de-iztacalco-murio-de-una-intoxicacion-despues-de-una-caida-en-prision-mientras-dormia.html|archivedate=3 May 2025}}

David Brinson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|1990–2024

|5

|5

|Sentenced to life imprisonment

|Massacred four men on June 12, 1990 and murdered his wife who came to visit him in prison in California on November 13, 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-woman-strangled-death-overnight-prison-visit-quadruple-murder-convict-husband | title=California woman strangled to death while on overnight prison visit with quadruple murder convict husband | website=Fox News | date=21 March 2025 }}{{cite web | url=https://sfist.com/2025/03/19/woman-who-died-during-conjugal-visit-to-sacramento-area-prison-likely-strangled-by-inmate-husband/ | title=Woman Who Died During Conjugal Visit to Sacramento Area Prison Likely Strangled by Inmate Husband | date=19 March 2025 }}

Tavakal Khamidov

|{{flagu|Russia}}
{{flagu|Ukraine}}

|2000s–2024

|11

|17

|Sentenced to life imprisonment

|Uzbekistani who strangled and stoned 11 people, first killing a roommate in Russia before fleeing to Ukraine, where he resumed his killing spree. He was apprehended in early 2024 after committing his final murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in May 2025.{{Cite web |url=https://www.unian.ua/society/v-ukrajini-do-dovichnogo-uv-yaznennya-zasudili-gromadyanina-uzbekistanu-shcho-vbiv-11-lyudey-nacpoliciya-12995985.html |title=Максим Цуцкірідзе про серійного вбивцю в Києві: це перший випадок за 10 років, понад 99% вбивств розкриваються одразу |trans-title=Maxim Tsutskiridze about a serial killer in Kyiv: this is the first case in 10 years, more than 99% of murders are revealed immediately |date=May 2, 2025 |access-date=May 5, 2025 |last=Boyko |first=Ivan |language=Ukrainian |publisher=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency}}

Unsolved serial killings

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Highway of Death

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2020–present

|71

|86–200+

|A 136-mile stretch of Federal Highway 85 where, since 2020, at least seventy-one men, women, and children have disappeared or been murdered. The eighteen survivors said that they were abducted by armed men and tortured. It's suspected that cartels are responsible for many of the murders, but there is also a possibility that lone criminals are responsible for some of them.{{Cite web |last=García |first=Diana |title=Many go missing on Mexican 'highway of death.' Their families continue to search for them |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/18/mexican-highway-death-leaves-trail-missing-loved-ones/6184901001/ |access-date=August 7, 2022|website=azcentral.com}}{{cite web |title=Number of missing on Mexico's highway of death rises to 71 |url=https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-3ef1a6fde395cd79e3f6a9a3cba746c0 |website=The Associated Press |access-date=March 8, 2025 |date=July 8, 2021}}

Highway of Tears

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|1970–present

|80

|80+

|A corridor of Highway 16 where, since 1970, at least eighty girls and women, primarily indigenous, have gone missing or been murdered.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Canada's Deadly Highway Of Tears Mirrors Tragic Stories Of 'Murdered And Missing In Montana' |url=https://www.oxygen.com/murdered-and-missing-in-montana/crime-news/what-is-the-highway-of-tears-in-canada |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=oxygen.com}}

Toy Car Murders

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2019–2023

|5

|6

|Alleged vigilante who killed car thieves in Sinaloa with a shot to the head minutes after stealing. Toy cars were found on the body of all the victims. Due to this distinctive mark, the alleged murderer is popularly known as "El Asesino del Carrito" (The Toy Car Killer) or "El Juguetero" (The Toy-Maker). It is believed that they would be vigilante justice actions by one or more organized persons.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-09 |title=¿Asesino serial? Hallan otro cuerpo con carritos de juguete encima en Sinaloa |url=https://sipse.com/mexico/asesino-serial-hallan-otro-cuerpo-carritos-juguete-encima-sinaloa-340831.html |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=sipse.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=El tenebroso caso de jóvenes que aparecen muertos con carritos de juguete pegados al cuerpo en Sinaloa: ya son cinco |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2019/08/09/el-tenebroso-caso-de-jovenes-que-aparecen-muertos-con-carritos-de-juguete-pegados-al-cuerpo-en-sinaloa-ya-son-cinco/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=infobae |date=9 August 2019 |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title=¿Asesino serial? Matan a hombre a tiros y le dejan carrito de juguete; esto se sabe - El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo |url=https://elmanana.com.mx/nacional/2023/5/25/asesino-serial-matan-hombre-tiros-le-dejan-carrito-de-juguete-esto-se-sabe-100108.html |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=elmanana.com.mx|date=25 May 2023 }}

Cuauhtémoc killings

|{{flagu|Mexico}}

|2021

|5

|5

|The rapes and murders of five women in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. The victims were found in vacant lots with their throats slit. One of the victims is unidentified. Mario Alberto Berrios Muñoz, a serial killer murdered in 2023, is the main suspect.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-02 |title=Suelto asesino serial en Cuauhtémoc; ha degollado a 5 mujeres |url=https://diario.mx/estado/suelto-asesino-serial-en-cuauhtemoc-ha-degollado-a-5-mujeres-20210902-1837024.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=El Diario |language=es-ES}}

Little Rock serial stabbings

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2020–2021

|3

|3

|The fatal stabbings of three people in Little Rock, Arkansas.{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Scott |date=2021-04-29 |title=3 fatal stabbings in Little Rock appear connected, police say; suspect at large |url=https://katv.com/news/local/3-fatal-stabbings-in-little-rock-connected-police-say-suspect-at-large |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=KATV}}

Janikhel grave

|{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|2020

|4

|4

|A grave containing the mutilated bodies of four teenage boys. One victim was decapitated, one was shot, and two were stoned to death.{{Cite web |last=Ejaz |first=Kainat |date=2021-03-29 |title=Here is the Real Story Behind Janikhel Massacre |url=https://thenationalfrontier.com/2021/03/29/here-is-the-real-story-behind-janikhel-massacre/ |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=TNF}}

Fana beheadings

|{{Flag|Mali}}

|2018–2020

|10

|10

|The ritualistic decapitations of ten Fana residents.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/main-suspect-arrested-10-beheadings-mali/ |title="Main suspect" allegedly confesses after 10 mysterious beheadings in Mali |access-date=2024-03-06 |date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620031824/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/main-suspect-arrested-10-beheadings-mali/ |url-status=live}}

"Vampire"

|{{Flag|Kenya}}

|2022–2024

|42

|42

|A 33-year-old Kenyan man was accused of killing 42 women in Nairobi between 2022 and 2024. After his arrest, he escaped custody and has not been heard from since.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd2xe1wwlo |date=August 21, 2024 |access-date=January 23, 2025 |title=Kenyan police accused of helping suspected serial killer escape |last=Wafula |first=Ian |publisher=BBC}}

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