“The Worst Serial Killer in U.S. history,” that’s the title the FBI has given Samuel Little who has recently been indicted for a killing that happened more than 30 years ago in Georgia, news channel WGXA is reporting.
The killer confessed to two murders that took place in Macon, Georgia in 1977 and 1982. On Wednesday during a grand jury hearing in Savannah, Georgia, Little was charged with the murder of Frances Campbell.
There is an ongoing investigation into the second murder, which Little also confessed to strangling while serving two life sentences in a California prison. Captain Shermaine Jones and Investigator Daniel Shurley flew to Decatur, Texas to interview Little, who had been extradited to Texas to be interviewed by investigators about the cold cases he claims responsibility for.
In 1982 new homeowners discovered skeletal remains of a woman while clearing overgrown vegetation in their back yard. The clothing on the victim matched a missing person case.
First, Little confessed to committing a homicide that took place on August 19, 1982, near Washington Park. A female’s body was found in the back yard of a residence on Magnolia Street,” Bibb County deputies said in a release. “The female was found to have been strangled to death. Bibb Sheriff’s Investigators determined that the homicide that Little had confessed to was that of Fredonia Smith.”
He recently confessed to committing more than 90 homicides of women over four decades across the US, including the two homicides in Macon. According to deputies, Little frequented Macon during that time and even worked for the Macon city sanitation department in 1975. If his claims are true it would make him one of the most prolific serial killers in US history.
This chain of events bringing closure to these homicides illustrates the fact that these cases, while considered “cold “are never forgotten. Sheriff David Davis stated. “With fresh information, Investigators were able to solve these decades’ old murders as if they’d happened yesterday.”
