Violent crime and serial killers
Robert Black
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Death in custody at Maghaberry” and “Appeal against Cardy conviction dismissed”.
12 controversies · 6 sources4 convictions4 formal charges
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Violent crime and serial killers
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Terrorism and violent extremismViolent crime and serial killers
Robert Bowers
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2025–2026: Active federal appeal; DOJ accepts reversal of some §924(j) death sentences after Barrett but opposes new sentencing phase on remaining capital counts” and “December 2024: Joe Biden's mass federal death-sentence commutations exclude Bowers”.
9 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Violent crime and serial killers
Robert Hansen
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2021–2026: 'Horseshoe Harriet' identified as Robin Pelkey; Eklutna Annie remains last unidentified victim” and “2014: death in custody aged 75”.
13 controversies · 5 sources4 convictions4 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Robert Lee Yates
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Washington State abolishes death penalty: sentence commuted to life without parole” and “Multiple unsuccessful post-conviction challenges to guilty pleas and sentences”.
11 controversies · 11 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Rodney Alcala
Documented profile covering 25 controversies, including “Death on death row from natural causes” and “Wyoming indictment for murder of Christine Ruth Thornton”.
25 controversies · 10 sources5 convictions6 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Roheez Khan
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2001-2006 / 2025: Operation Lytton — rape of Girl A and 12 years in prison” and “2001–2006: introduction of Girl A to Khan by Mohammed Zahid in a Rochdale flat”.
9 controversies · 16 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Romauld Houphouet
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “3 March 2025: convicted of four counts of rape” and “3 March 2025: convicted of one count of sexual assault”.
10 controversies · 4 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Violent crime and serial killers
Roy Norris
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Plea agreement: five murders, testimony against Bittaker and sentence of 45 years to life” and “Before 1979: previous rape conviction”.
9 controversies · 2 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Roy Whiting
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Judicial reduction of minimum term from fifty to forty years” and “Fifty-year minimum term set by Home Secretary”.
7 controversies · 7 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Terrorism and violent extremismViolent crime and serial killers
Saïd Kouachi
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Inclusion on a US counter-terrorism list and no-fly list” and “Attack on Charlie Hebdo”.
8 controversies · 8 sources
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Sammy Gravano
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “2026: Anna Castaneda's civil action — allegations of assault and battery and defamation, with proceedings partially allowed to continue” and “2003–2006: Indicted for detective Peter Calabro's murder, denies allegation and charges subsequently dropped”.
21 controversies · 13 sources2 convictions4 formal charges
Religion, sects and spiritual movementsViolent crime and serial killers
Samuel Bateman
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “August 2022–August 2026: three girls aged 11 to 14 transported in unventilated trailer — state conviction and 24-year sentence” and “2025–March 2026: federal challenge to conviction — appellate decision recorded as 'affirmed'”.
8 controversies · 6 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Samuel Little
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “2023: Yvonne Pless, long known as 'Macon Jane Doe', identified and confirmed as victim” and “2020: death in custody while serving life sentences”.
18 controversies · 13 sources7 convictions9 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Shabir Ahmed
Documented profile covering 20 controversies, including “Release on licence on 2 July 2026 after approximately 14 years, with enhanced restrictions” and “Deportation blocked by Section 7 of Immigration Act 1971 despite deprivation of citizenship”.
20 controversies · 33 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Stephen Paddock
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “2017–2020: Extensive victim litigation against MGM, followed by settlement of up to $800 million” and “2018–2019: Investigations conclude he acted alone, with no identified ideological motive”.
7 controversies · 6 sources
Violent crime and serial killers
Stephen Port
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Eight police officers investigated for gross misconduct in initial handling of murders” and “Disciplinary review reopened following new evidence revealed at inquests”.
14 controversies · 10 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Tahir Yassin
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “5 June 2024: convicted of eight counts of rape” and “September 2024: judge describes him as sexual opportunist who fully exploited victim's vulnerability”.
6 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Violent crime and serial killers
Ted Bundy
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “January 1989: confesses to dozens of murders across several states as execution approaches” and “24 January 1989: execution in electric chair in Florida”.
13 controversies · 6 sources3 convictions4 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Thomas Hamilton
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Dunblane Primary School massacre and suicide” and “Recurring complaints about boys' clubs, photographs and imposed clothing”.
7 controversies · 3 sources
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Tommy DeSimone
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1978: identified early as suspect or possible participant in Lufthansa heist” and “1979: disappearance and presumed death amid Mafia reprisals — perpetrator and circumstances unestablished”.
7 controversies · 5 sources
Organised crime and cartelsViolent crime and serial killers
Tommy Lucchese
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1950s–1967: Boss of Lucchese crime family and expansion of garment, trucking and union rackets” and “1952–1961: Federal denaturalisation proceedings over omitted arrests and aliases — citizenship ultimately retained”.
8 controversies · 4 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killersJustice, police and intelligence
Wayne Couzens
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Angiolini Inquiry: Finding that Couzens should never have become a police officer and sixteen recommendations” and “Additional conviction for three indecent exposure offences”.
11 controversies · 9 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Violent crime and serial killers
Yasser Ajaibe
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “5 June 2024: convicted of indecent assault on an 11-year-old girl” and “12–13 September 2024: sentenced to six years in prison with twelve months' extended licence”.
7 controversies · 9 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Violent crime and serial killers
Yasuo Hamanaka
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “1999: Appeal dismissed, eight-year sentence upheld” and “1998: Eight years' imprisonment for fraud and forgery”.
5 controversies · 5 sources1 conviction1 formal charge