Serial Killers Fast Facts

CNN — Here’s a select list of convicted American serial killers and notable open or unsolved cases. Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi Nicknames: The Hillside Stranglers Number of confirmed victims: At least 9 Years and locations: 1970s, Los Angeles, Washington state Characteristics: Buono and Bianchi were cousins who posed as police officers to trap teenage girls and young women, some of whom worked as prostitutes. Joseph James DeAngelo Nicknames: The Golden State Killer, Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker Number of confirmed victims: At least 13 Years and location: 1970s-1980s, California Characteristics: DeAngelo, a former police officer, began with a string of burglaries, then grew more violent with a series of killings, rapes and assaults in the 1970s and 1980s, as he moved from one county to the next. Gary Leon Ridgway Nickname: The Green River Killer Number of confirmed victims: At least 49 Years and location: 1980s-1990s, Washington state Characteristics: Ridgway targeted young women who were runaways or prostitutes and left some of the bodies in or near the Green River, a waterway in the Seattle area. Joel Rifkin Number of confirmed victims: Convicted of nine murders but confessed to 17 killings Years and location: 1990s, New York Characteristics: An unemployed landscaper who lived with his mother on Long Island, Rifkin would drive to New York City and pick up prostitutes.