09:50 AM PST on Wednesday, November 5, 2003

From KING5.com Staff Reports

Some well-known serial killers in recent U.S. history:

• 1997-1999: Angel Maturino Resendiz was convicted of murdering a Houston woman, but was linked by confessions and evidence to at least 12 other killings nationwide. He's on death row in Texas.
• 1996-1998: Robert L. Yates Jr. was convicted of two murders, but admitted to 15. He's on death row in Washington state.
• 1990-1993: Heriberto Seda aka the Zodiac Killer killed three people and wounded four in New York City and is serving a 235-year sentence.
• 1989-1990: Aileen Wuornos, a rare female serial killer, was convicted of murdering six men while working as a prostitute along highways in central Florida. She was executed Oct. 9, 2002.
• 1984-1985: Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were convicted of murdering 11 people. Ng is on death row in California; Lake committed suicide.
• 1979-1981: Wayne B. Williams of Atlanta was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences for killing two boys, but police believed he may have been responsible for up to 28 deaths.
• 1978-1995: Theodore Kaczynski aka the Unabomber carried out a series of mail bombings that killed three people and injured 23. He is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado.
• 1978-1992: Jeffrey Dahmer, 34, was sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms for killing 17 men and boys, most in Milwaukee. He was killed in prison in 1994.
• 1977-1978: Ted Bundy was convicted of three Florida slayings, including that of a 12-year-old girl. He confessed to more than 30 and was executed in 1989.
• 1977-1978: Angelo Buono Jr. was convicted of murdering nine young California women and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Kenneth A. Bianchi pleaded guilty to five of the murders, agreeing to testify against his cousin in return for being spared a possible death sentence. He was sentenced to five concurrent life terms in prison.
• 1976-1977: David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam killed six people and wounded seven others in New York City. He is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences.
• 1972-1978: John Wayne Gacy of suburban Chicago killed 33 young men and boys. He was executed in 1994.
• February-May 1971: Juan Corona was convicted of murdering 25 farm workers whose bodies were found buried near Yuba City in northern California. He is serving a life sentence.