Samuel Little, the man the FBI has called the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, died Wednesday at age 80, a police source confirmed 60 minutes later. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed Little’s death later Wednesday in a press release.
Little, who in 2018 confessed to 93 murders for more than three decades, had been in jail since 2014 for the murders of three women he strangled. He confessed to the other murders that he was questioned by guard James Holland. The story of these confessions was told by “60 minutes“in October 2019.
“There are probably many people who have been convicted and sent to the prison on my behalf,” Little told “60 Minutes” when asked why he confessed to the murders. “I mean, if I can help get someone out of jail, you know, God can smile a little more with me.”
Little told authorities she turned to prostitutes, drug addicts and other women on the edge who believed police would not work too hard to find her.
“They were broken and homeless and went straight into my web,” Little said in 2019. “I don’t think there was anyone else who did what I liked to do. I think I’m the only one in the world. “It’s an honor. It’s a curse.”