The Victims of Samuel Little, Part 2: Florida

September 23, 2020 / Laurah Norton

Fort Myers Woman, about 26 years old, was murdered in Florida, approximately in 1984. Little said that Jean and him dined with her and her family on a couple of occasions before he killed her.

Linda, about 23 years old, was murdered in Miami-Dade, Florida in approximately 1971; said to have “reminded you of a girl, a child really” per Little’s word.

Airforce Base Girl, about 26 years old, was murdered in Miami-Dade, Florida in approximately 1971-1972; may have worked at an airforce base.

Marianne/Mary Ann, about 18 to 19 years old, was a trans woman whose life was cut short by Little in 1971 or 1972, on the outskirts of Miami-Dade.

Plant City Girl, age unknown, was estimated to have been killed in approximately 1977 or 1978, and met Little in Clearwater before he killed her in Plant City.

Tampa Dope Girl, adorned with a matching red headband and choker, may have had ties to the local drug scene and was allegedly killed in 1984.

Sarah, also possibly named Donna, was found on April 19th, 1971 in Miami. She appeared to have died several weeks prior, may have been of Cuban descent, and had a “congenital deformity of the neck vertebrae”, which could have affected her neck’s mo

Karen O’Donoghue, an Air Force Nurse, appears to have left her fiancé behind in Springfield, Massachusetts for Florida. Little killed her in 1971 or 1972.

Miriam “Angela” Eileen Chapman relocated from Indiana to Florida after her parents had both passed. After a year of residing in Miami, she confided in her motel’s manager that she thought “about her family (...) and about going home.” She was onl

Rosie Hill was 21 and single mother to a two-year old boy, described as having a “beautiful personality” by her own mother, Minnie. She would continue to contact her mother through phone calls until one day in 1982, when Minnie picked up a call fro

Patricia Ann Mount’s “staggering” moves on the dance floor at a Gainesville juke joint caught the attention of Little the night of September 11th, 1982. He whisked her away after only 15 minutes with the promise of alcohol, and she was then found un

The second in this four-part series covers Samuel Little’s Florida confessions: the resolved, the unmatched, and the unidentified.

A number of the Southeastern victims are either Jane Does or are currently considered “unmatched confessions,” and the public’s help is needed in resolving their cases. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov with information. Visit our Instagram to see forensic art of victims covered in each episode.

You can find the archival tape transcript mentioned in the episode here.

Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced and engineered by Maura Currie/Research assistants are Kim Fritz, Jessica Ann, Bryan Worters, and Lex Weathers/Fact Checking by Bryan Worters/Additional Research by Haley Gray and Lexie Newhouse/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Scoring by Maura Currie/Special thanks to Angie Dodd.

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