Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for convicted serial killer Charles Ng, who’s been on death row for 23 years, according to court records. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence.

A directory of precise crime site locations is included. For criminals still living, their current incarceration location is provided. Convicted killers and their confirmed victims are identified. The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime. Robert Edward Maury, sometimes called the Tipster Killer, is one of the strangest murderers in California true crime lore, marked by brutal, calculating crimes and an obsession with reporting. The murderer is most known for his crimes in Northern California, but he's also been linked to SoCal killings, including a pair of 1963 shooting deaths in Santa Barbara and the 1966 stabbing death. The edition photographically transports you to actual murder sites along with images related to the case and perpetrator(s). For years, law enforcement investigators, academics, mental health experts, and the media have studied serial murder, from Jack the Ripper in the late 1800s to. Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders in California profile some of the state’s most infamous murder cases.

California serial killers