The victims of samuel little
“Las Vegas Woman” is an unidentified victim, depicted here by Little. She was about 40 years old and murdered in Nevada, in or around 1993. She had a son who also met Little, shook his hand, and never saw his mother again.
Guadalupe is pictured here with her two children. Her body was found in Los Angeles in 1989.
Guadalupe was found murdered at age 46 years old, in Los Angeles, California, on September 3rd, 1989. Her son, Tony Zambrano, was only 17 when he last saw her — as she headed out for drinks one night, where she would meet Little.
Carol Ann Alford; aged 41, murdered in Los Angeles, California and found on November 27th, 1987. Mother of Brenda Gordon, who was eight months pregnant when she was told by officials that her mother was murdered.
Carol Ann Alford; Los Angeles, California, found on November 27th, 1987.
Murdered in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Depicted here in a photo, as a young woman (L), and in a crude drawing by Samuel Little (R).
Murdered in Los Angeles, California, body found on August 14th, 1989. Her sister Sherri said that her sister “was a rebel and a hardy soul who studied cosmetology before leaving home at 19.”
Mary Gertrude Brosley left Palmer, Massachusetts for Florida at the age of 33; met Little at a bar in Miami-Dade on New Year’s Eve in 1970, and after ringing in the new year, became his first murder victim. Her body was located on January 24th, 1971, and not identified until 2017.
Depicted here at around 18 years old.
In 2012, a 72-year-old man named Samuel Little was charged with three Los Angeles murders, dating back to the 1980s. Since then, it’s become clear: he is the most prolific serial killer the United States has ever seen.
Roughly half his victims were living in the Southeast at the time of their murders, and many of those cases still need closure--either because the victims are Jane Does, or the confessions haven’t been matched to cases.