Chilling sketches of US’ ‘worst serial killer’ showing faces of ’93 victims’

The chilling sketches of the most prolific serial killer in US history have been published by the FBI.

Last week analysts at the bureau’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program released the culmination of five years of work.

They announced that Samuel Little – who had made dramatic confessions to a Texas Ranger just 18 months ago – was the civilian responsible for the most deaths in American history.

The ruthless killer, 79, strangled his 93 victims during a murder spree that stretched from 1970 to 2005.

So far 50 of the confessed killings have been verified, with detectives still working to confirm the remaining 43.

Instrumental in their work is a series of sketches Little made of his victims – many of whom have never been found.

The FBI has released a string of these photos along with run downs of the killer’s confessions, in the hope they can be identified.

The bureau noted the dates and clothing description’s Little gave are not always accurate and that the details given come purely from the killer’s mouth.

Mary Ann

Little met Mary Ann or Marianne – an 18- to 19-year-old black male in Miami, Florida – in 1971 or 1972.

The man dressed as a woman and was between 5’6” – 5’7” tall and approximately 140 pounds.

They met at a bar known as The Pool or Pool Palace near 17th Avenue before coming across each other again a few days later when he give her a ride home.

When they arrived there, one of Marianne’s roommates asked them to buy a can of shaving cream, so they returned to Little’s car—a gold 4-door Pontiac LeMans.

Little drove Marianne north on Highway 27 and killed her on a driveway, possibly near a sugarcane field.

He then drove further down Highway 27, into the Everglades, and turned down a dirt road that led to a river or a swamp.

Little dragged Marianne’s body approximately 200 yards into the thick, muddy water.

Ruth

Little met a black woman in Little Rock, Arkansas between 1992 and 1994 when the weather was cold and it was possibly snowing.

She was 24 years old, 5’5” to 5’7” tall, and approximately 200 pounds.

He stayed with her on and off for about three days and they shoplifted together, leading to Little’s arrest for the crime in a North Little Rock Kroger grocery store.

After approximately three hours he was released so he could move his vehicle, in which he found the woman.

The following day he gave her a lift toward Benton or Bentonville, Arkansas. On the way he drove down a dirt road and strangled the woman to death with his hands.

Little placed the woman’s body on a pile of branches and old cornstalks in or near a corn field.

He believes the woman’s name may have been Ruth and that her mother lived in North Little Rock.

Unnamed ‘hippie’

Little was driving from Ohio to Cincinnati in the summer of 1984 when he met a 25-year-old white woman outside a strip club.

She was around 5’6” – 5’7” tall and 130-170 pounds, with short blonde hair, blue eyes and a “hippie” appearance.

She approached him and asked for a ride to Miami, Florida, explaining that her mother lived there.

They drove into northern Kentucky, down into a hilly area and then along a small dirt road to the top of a “little round hill”. 

He strangled the woman in the backseat of his car and left her body on the top of the hill.

Unnamed woman in Las Vegas

In 1993 Little was driving a 1978 yellow Cadillac Eldorado to Los Angeles when he met a black woman on Owens Avenue or Jackson Street in Las Vegas.

The thin, dark-skinned woman was around 40-years-old, 5’5” tall and 110-120 pounds.

Little believed the woman had naturally short hair but wore a long-haired wig.

The killer took her to a motel room, where he strangled her to death before putting her body in the trunk of his car and driving to the outskirts of Las Vegas.

He pulled off on a remote road and rolled the woman’s body down a steep slope.

Little then threw her clothes further down the road.

It is highly likely that her body was never found.

Unnamed woman from New Orleans

Back in 1982, possibly during the autumn, Little met a black woman in New Orleans.

She was between 30 and 40-years-old, 5’8”-5’9” tall and weighed 160 pounds, with “honey-colored” brown skin and medium-length straight hair.

Little met her in a club where she was celebrating a birthday with a group of friends and one of her two sisters.

He left with the woman in his car, a Lincoln Continental Mark III.

The woman told the murderer that she lived with her mother, who was ill and relied on her help.

She gave Little the keys to her house. He then drove the woman to the Little Woods exit off I-10, where he turned down a dirt road along a canal that was being dredged.

They left the car and Little pulled the woman towards the canal, killing her and dumping her body.

Afterward, Little drove back to the motel where he was staying in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

To view drawings of Little’s remaining victims along with brief descriptions, click here.

Little confessed to his crimes in a bid to secure a prison transfer.

The FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program crime analyst Christie Palazzolo said: “For many years, Samuel Little believed he would not be caught because he thought no one was accounting for his victims.

“Even though he is already in prison, the FBI believes it is important to seek justice for each victim to close every case possible.”

Since the confession he has been extradited to Texas over a murder in the state and is expected to die in jail.

Texas Ranger James Holland has spent more than 700 hours coaxing Little into confessing to more than 90 murders in 19 states.

He first interview took place in May last year, when Ranger Holland visited Little in California State Prison.