He also beat several women to death in their sleep.Д«undy visited the bodies of his victims for sometimes hours at a time, often grooming or having sex with them until advanced decomposition made it impossible. Bundy kidnapped women in broad daylight, often feigning disability to gain empathy, then butchered their bodies. Ted Bundy (1946-1989)Д«undy murdered at least 30 women across seven states between 19 and possibly earlier. He was never convicted of his crimes and died behind bars in 2002. Brown said his inspiration was Hannibal Lecter. Near the same time, Brown raped and strangled 17вЂ“year-old Melina Crist after she disappeared from the Portland Community College Sylvania campus.Д«rown worked as a landscaper, often in Portland Police Detective Mike HefleyвЂ™s neighborhood. Her body was left by a church and discovered on MotherвЂ™s Day. In 1981, Brown raped and strangled 17-year-old Kimberley Stevens while she was walking a mile to her friendвЂ™s house. He evaded local police for 10 years until forensics linked him to a woman he tried to dump off an Interstate 5 overpass. Southwest Portland local Alvin Brown killed three women and attempted to murder one more in the 1980s. As of 2015, law enforcement was still looking for more victimsвЂ™ bodies. Ridgway evaded a life sentence through a plea deal in 2001. Ridgway was also hyper-religious during these marriages but frequently had sex with prostitutes. Ridgway often went back to those bodies and had sex with them again. Ridgway had a handful of troubled marriages in which he reportedly demanded sex from his wives several times a day, sometimes in public places where he later dumped his victimsвЂ™ bodies. The boy, whose liver was punctured, survived. RidgwayвЂ™s crimes began with his stabbing of a sixвЂ“yearвЂ“old boy when Ridgway was 16. In the 1980s and 1990s, Ridgway said he had killed so many women he lost count. His first five victims were discovered in the Green River in Washington state. Ridgway strangled and dumped the bodies of mostly sex workers and vulnerable women in Washington and Oregon while he worked as a commercial truck painter. 18, 1949, has been proven to be responsible for the deaths of 49 people but is suspected of killing at least 90. He was most recently sentenced to death again in November 2015. He was sentenced to death in 1989, 1994, and 2006, but the Oregon Supreme Court rescinded these verdicts when laws changed or technicalities arose. Rogers has remained in prison since 1988. In all, RogerвЂ™s eight murder victims and many victims of assault have ranged in age from 15 to 35. He sawed the feet off some of them, and one had her entire abdomen gutted. Rogers hogtied, slashed, and tortured his victims. The bodies of six women that didnвЂ™t survive were found off the side of logging roads in the Molalla woods. Rogers abused some women several times over, and their testimony was crucial to his convictions. Before that, Rogers had been targeting prostitutes that were addicted to heroin and taking them on вЂњdatesвЂќ to the woods and giving them miniature vodka bottles and orange juice before torturing them.

Prosecutors said RogersвЂ™ killing had been for a sexual thrill. Rogers dumped her body behind a restaurant in Oak Grove. 30, 1953, was arrested for stabbing and killing Jennifer Lee Smith, a 25вЂ“year-old prostitute. The Molalla Forest Killer: OregonвЂ™s most prolificДayton Leroy Rogers, born Sept. So since itвЂ™s Halloween, letвЂ™s get right to a few of the most notorious serial killers from the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps because any one of us could fit the profile, mystery drives our obsession. However, the news, documentaries, crime shows and horror movies are obsessed with crazed serial murders. Research put out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation says вЂњ there is a macabre interest in the topic that far exceeds its scope and has generated countless articles, books and movies.вЂќ While the FBI doesnвЂ™t seem to keep or release numbers on the amount of serial murders that happen each year, we do know that no specific age, race, or psychological profile exists. However, the government says they are a minimal threat. Terrifying, right? Though Oregon ranks number six in the nation for serial murders, we actually know very little about what drives these killers.Д«y definition, serial murder means three or more killings completed in a style that suggests they were done by the same person. Seven out of every million of you beanie-toting Oregonians will be murdered by a serial killer.

Worst unsolved serial killers