Samuel Little, called “the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history” by authorities, died in a California hospital Wednesday evening.
Little, who suffered from diabetes, heart trouble, and an assortment of other ailments, was 80 at the time of his death, according to the Associated Press.
The Georgia-born felon was termed “the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history” by the FBI in 2019. Authorities verified 50 of the 93 killings he confessed to over the course of his lifetime, more than any other serial killer, including Gary Ridgway, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy.
Little’s killing spree lasted from 1970 to 2005 and spanned multiple states across the country. A former boxer, he would knock his victims out and then strangle them to death. Most of the victims he killed were black women, many of whom were sex workers or addicted to drugs.
Little was in the process of serving a life sentence at the time of his death.
