SAMUEL LITTLE

Authorities believe Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, is responsible for up to 31 additional unsolved murders.

He’s the serial killer you may have never heard of. But, in 2019, the FBI proclaimed Samuel Little as America’s most prolific serial killer. And he got his murderous start in Miami.

He’s the serial killer you may have never heard of. But, in 2019, the FBI proclaimed Samuel Little as America’s most prolific serial killer. And he got his murderous start in Miami.

Serial killer Samuel Little died in prison and many of his victims have yet to be identified. There are at least five women that cold case detectives need help.

Investigators used DNA to identify the remains as those of Clara Birdlong. They think she was a victim of the now-deceased Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.

A Mississippi sheriff's department said Tuesday that it has identified the skeletal remains of a woman found nearly 44 years ago, and investigators believe she was a victim of the now-deceased Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Hunters found the woman's remains in December 1977 in the small community of Escatawpa in coastal Jackson County, Mississippi, and investigators had referred to her since then as “Escatawpa Jane Doe.” Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a news release Tuesday that investigators used DNA to identify the remains as those of Clara Birdlong, who was born in 1933 in Leflore County, Mississippi, which is nearly 300 miles (483 kilometers) northwest of Jackson County.

Samuel Little, the “most prolific serial killer,” dies at 80 Samuel Little, the man the FBI calls the "most prolific serial killer in U.S. history," died Wednesday in California. He was 80 years old. Little was serving three consecutive sentences of life without parole. He confessed to murdering 93 people, more than Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer combined.

Samuel Little, the man the FBI has called the most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States, died Wednesday at age 80, a law enforcement source confirmed to "60 Minutes." Little, who in 2018 confessed to 93 murders over more than three decades, had been in jail since 2014 for the murders of three women he strangled. He confessed to the other murders under questioning by Ranger James Holland – the story of those confessions was told by "60 Minutes" in October 2019. "Probably be numerous people who are-- been convicted and sent to penitentiary on my behalf," Little told "60 Minutes" when asked why he confessed to the murders. Little told authorities that he targeted prostitutes, drug addicts, and other women on the fringes he believed the police wouldn't work too hard to find.

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)LOS ANGELES – The man authorities say was the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, with nearly 60 confirmed victims, died Wednesday in California. During approximately 700 hours of interviews, however, Little provided details of scores of slayings only the killer would know. "Nothing he’s ever said has been proven to be wrong or false,” Holland told the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes” in 2019. Another after he told Holland he’d killed the victim near a set of unusual looking arches in Florida. “I don’t think there was another person who did what I liked to do,” he told “60 Minutes.” “I think I’m the only one in the world.

Samuel Little, the man the FBI has called the most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States, died Wednesday at age 80, a law enforcement source confirmed to "60 Minutes." Little, who in 2018 confessed to 93 murders over more than three decades, had been in jail since 2014 for the murders of three women he strangled. He confessed to the other murders under questioning by Ranger James Holland – the story of those confessions was told by "60 Minutes" in October 2019. "Probably be numerous people who are-- been convicted and sent to penitentiary on my behalf," Little told "60 Minutes" when asked why he confessed to the murders. Little told authorities that he targeted prostitutes, drug addicts, and other women on the fringes he believed the police wouldn't work too hard to find.

Serial killer Samuel Little confesses to murdering 93 people Texas Ranger James Holland tells 60 Minutes how he got serial killer Samuel Little to confess to his crimes. Sharyn Alfonsi reports.

Pity to think, 'I don't know what his background was,' but to think this man ended up murdering all these women." The killer has also drawn remarkably detailed, color portraits of dozens of his victims that have proved helpful in cracking cases. As Little detailed his crimes, he showed no remorse, talked candidly, almost proudly, and seemed to be enjoying himself, detectives said. Holland also told detectives not to bombard Little with questions, just be patient and let him fill in the details. "He's really big on respect," said Lubbock, Texas, Detective Brandon Price.

Most of the women in Samuel Little 's hand-drawn portraits seem to be frowning. "The tactic of having a serial killer draw composites of his own victims is unprecedented," said Enzo Yaksic, a crime researcher who helped build the first national serial killer database. In some cases, investigators will want to interview Little about cases to get more details from him. Even after his death, law enforcement will be able to use his DNA and detailed videotaped interviews to close cases, Palazzolo said. As for the portraits, Eric Witzig, a former homicide detective and FBI analyst, said it was "brilliant investigative technique" to have Little draw his victims.

Minnie Hill speaks lovingly about her daughter, "a beautiful personality," killed while living as a single mother in Florida. Authorities say Rosie Hill's body was discovered in a wooded area next to a pig pen in Florida's Marion County in August 1982. But Rosie Hill was reported missing on Aug. 12, Minnie Hill said. Minnie Hill said that could have explained Rosie Hill's statements to her that she was "into something." "She got along with just about everybody," Minnie Hill said.

The FBI videotapes show Little, sitting in front of a cinder block wall in blue jail scrubs and a gray knit cap, sometimes appearing bemused or smiling as he recalls the circumstances surrounding the murders. The FBI has also released sketches made by Little of victims who remain unidentified in hopes that members of the public might recognize them. The agency cautioned that not all Littles descriptions may be accurate as his memory is faulty. A map posted on the FBI website shows that most of the still uncorroborated murders were committed across the U.S. South, although one young woman was killed in northern Ohio and two others in Southern California. It was not yet clear if Little, who is in failing health, will face additional prosecutions in the newly uncovered murders.

(CNN) - Samuel Little, 79, confessed to strangling 93 victims between 1970 and 2005 last year -- triple the number of victims that Ted Bundy confessed to killing. Now, the FBI is asking the public to help identify more victims of the man they say is America's most prolific serial killer. FBI crime analysts believe all of Little's 93 confessions are credible, but so far they've only been able to verify 50 of them. Before FBI agents knew about his connection to these dozens of murders, Little was already imprisoned for beating and strangling three women. Texas Ranger James Holland and two FBI crime analysts traveled to California to interview Little over the course of May 2018.

Serial killer Samuel Little confesses to murdering 93 people Texas Ranger James Holland tells "60 Minutes" how he got serial killer Samuel Little to confess to his crimes. Sharyn Alfonsi reports.

His name is Samuel Little, and over the last year and a half he has confessed to 93 murders. No one would have known the scale of Little's crimes if not for a Texas Ranger who had a hunch. It's why the Texas Ranger is telling us the story of how he got America's deadliest serial killer to confess. Samuel Little: Oh that's easy, Florida and California. Samuel Little: A little skinny black girl.

But now one is telling the Texas Ranger he's committed 93 murders himself, making him perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. The race is on to identify all of the 93 people Samuel Little says he murdered, while the 79-year-old remains alive and continues to cooperate. Holland says he broke through to Little by agreeing with him that he was not a rapist, but truly a killer. A big aid in identifying victims has been Little's ability to sketch very close likenesses of the people. Holland shows Alfonsi a collection of Little's drawings, a collection he hopes will grow.

Samuel Little, an elderly California prison inmate, has confessed to committing 93 stranglings of women and transgender women during a decades-long rampage from Florida to Southern California. (FBI)Little said he met an 18-year-old black transgender woman in Miami in a bar known as The Pool or Pool Place in 1971 or 1972. Little says he killed this woman on a drive from North Little Rock to Bentonville, Ark. (FBI)In the early 1990s, Little said he picked up a black woman at a soup kitchen in Little Rock. Police records show Little was arrested for shoplifting by North Little Rock police on April 20, 1994, at a Kroger store, the FBI says.

Late last year I wrote a story about how the FBI and local police determined that Samuel Little was a serial killer. Texas Ranger James Hollands interrogation of Little is one of the most consequential in policing history, and I had so many questions. Over more than 650 hours of interviewing Little, Holland returned to this case at least 30 times, trying to find a detail that might lead to a victim. Samuel Little painted a portrait of a woman he confessed to killing in Lubbock, Texas. (Portrait: FBI; Photo: Lubbock Police Department)In August, Holland and Price interviewed Little in California, and Little identified Fields as his victim from photographs.

Authorities are investigating whether possibly the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history is behind the death of an Arkansas woman in 1994. Investigators have linked Little, 79, to more than 60 killings in at least 14 states dating back to the 1970s. According to a police memo, when Little was in custody in Dallas, Texas, in October 2018, he indicated that he killed Jones, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported . Deputy Pine Bluff Police Chief Terry Hopson said Little described details of how he killed Jones on a Pine Bluff road. ___Information from: Pine Bluff Commercial, http://www.pbcommercial.comCopyright 2019 The Associated Press.