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Samuel Little, deemed the nation’s ‘most prolific serial killer’ by the FBI, has died
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By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News
(LOS ANGELES) Samuel Little, the prolific serial killer who was serving three consecutive life sentences, is dead, authorities said Wednesday.
Little died at a hospital shortly before 5 a.m. local time, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. An official cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was 80.
Serial killer Samuel Little, called the most prolific serial killer by federal authorities, has died at the age of 80, according to corrections officials in Calif.
Man deemed nation s most prolific serial killer has died
ABCNews Samuel Little, the prolific serial killer who was serving three consecutive life sentences, is dead, authorities said Wednesday.
Little died at a hospital shortly before 5 a.m. local time, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. An official cause of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner s Office. He was 80.
The FBI has deemed Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history.
He was convicted in 2014 of killing three women in the late 1980s, after being linked to the murders through DNA matched to evidence found at the crime scenes.
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