Serial Killers
- Amateur sleuth finds serial murders in old case files
- Women account for 70 percent of serial killer victims, FBI reports
- Were serial killings in Wichita a plague or due to better detection?
- Counting the known victims of serial killers by state
- Demographic details of known victims of serial killers
- Top serial killer myths the FBI wants to correct
- Editorial: FBI, police should mine databases to find serial killers
Interactive: Find a Serial Killer
Awards for this project
Finalist: IRE Freedom of Information Act Award
Finalist: Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award (PDF)
Authorities in Indiana and Ohio have launched investigations into suspected serial killings after a Scripps Howard News Service study of FBI computer files found many alarming clusters of unsolved homicides of women across the nation.