Florida

49,992 murders reported in Florida from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 71%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Aileen Wuornos
1989–1990 · Central and North Florida
SerialExecuted7 victims
Between late 1989 and late 1990, Aileen Wuornos shot and killed seven men along highways in central and north Florida, after they picked her up while she was hitchhiking and doing sex work.
Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
1991–1999 · Texas and other states along US rail lines
SerialExecuted13 victims
Angel Maturino Resendiz, a Mexican drifter who rode freight trains across the United States, was linked to at least 15 killings, most of them in homes or along railroad tracks, between the 1980s and 1999.
Bobby Joe Long
1984 · Tampa Bay area, Florida
SerialExecuted8 victims
Between May and November 1984, Bobby Joe Long abducted and murdered women in the Tampa Bay area.
Danny Rolling
1990 · Gainesville, Florida
SerialExecuted5 victims
Over a few days in late August 1990, at the start of the fall semester, Danny Rolling killed five college students in their off-campus apartments in Gainesville: Sonja Larson, Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Tracy…
Gary Hilton
2007–2008 · North Georgia, western North Carolina and the Florida Panhandle
SerialPleaded guilty4 victims
On New Year's Day 2008, Meredith Emerson, 24, went hiking with her dog on Blood Mountain in north Georgia and was abducted by Gary Hilton, a drifter then 61.
George Waterfield Russell Jr.
1990 · Bellevue, Washington
SerialConvicted3 victims
George Russell, a petty thief and nightclub regular who grew up on Mercer Island, killed three women on Seattle's Eastside in the summer of 1990.
Keith Jesperson
1990–1995 · Pacific Northwest, California, Wyoming, Nebraska and Florida
SerialPleaded guilty8 victims
Keith Hunter Jesperson, a long-haul truck driver, killed eight women in six states between 1990 and 1995.
Ted Bundy
1974–1978 · Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida
SerialExecuted20 victims
Ted Bundy abducted and murdered young women and girls in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida between 1974 and 1978.