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  • Reynolds, Georgia, U.S.
    Friday Jun 7, 1940

    Little Birth

    Reynolds, Georgia, U.S.
    Friday Jun 7, 1940

    Samuel Little was born on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, to a mother he claimed was a prostitute.




  • Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    1956

    Little was condemned in Omaha

    Omaha, Nebraska, United States
    1956

    In 1956, Little was convicted of breaking into a property in Omaha, Nebraska, Little was held in an institution for juvenile offenders.




  • Florida, United States
    1960s

    Little worked as an ambulance attendant

    Florida, United States
    1960s

    Little moved to Florida to live with his mother in the late 1960s, working at various times as a cemetery worker and an ambulance attendant (by his own account).




  • Lorain, Ohio, United States
    1961

    Little spent three years in prison

    Lorain, Ohio, United States
    1961

    In 1961, Little was sentenced to three years in prison for breaking into a furniture store in Lorain; he was released in 1964.




  • Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
    1982

    Little was arrested in Pascagoula

    Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
    1982

    In 1982, Little was arrested in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and charged with the murder of 22-year-old Melinda Rose LáPree, who had gone missing in September of that year.




  • Florida, United States
    Wednesday Sep 22, 1982

    Little was arrested in Florida

    Florida, United States
    Wednesday Sep 22, 1982

    Little was extradited to Florida and tried for the murder of 26-year-old Patricia Ann Mount, whose body was found in September 1982.




  • Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
    1984

    Little was arrested for kidnapping Laurie Barros

    Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
    1984

    In October 1984, he was arrested for kidnapping, beating, and strangling 22-year-old Laurie Barros, who survived. One month later, he was found by police in the back seat of his car with an unconscious woman, also beaten and strangled, in the same location as the attempted murder of Barros.


  • Los Angeles, California, United States
    2014

    Little convicted of killing three women

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    2014

    Little was convicted in 2014 for the murder of the three women killed in Los Angeles in the 1980s, after he was extradited to California from Kentucky on a narcotics charge.


  • U.S
    2018

    Little confessed in front of James Holland

    U.S
    2018

    In 2018, while still in jail, Little opened up to Texas Ranger James Holland, who began to elicit from Little a breathtaking number of confessions. Holland interviewed Little for around 700 hours, during which Little provided details of several killings that had until then only been known to him. Known as an expert interrogator, Holland has described Little as both a genius and a sociopath.


  • Los Angeles, California, United States
    2018

    Little confessed to killing 93 women

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    2018

    In 2018, Little confessed to the murder of 93 women nationwide from the 1970s through 2005. The FBI says it believes all of his confessions are credible.


  • Odessa, Texas, United States
    Tuesday Nov 13, 2018

    Little received a life sentence

    Odessa, Texas, United States
    Tuesday Nov 13, 2018

    On November 13, 2018, Little was charged with the 1994 murder of Denise Christie Brothers in Odessa, Texas after having confessed the crime to a Texas Ranger in May 2018. Little pleaded guilty to the murder of Brothers on December 13 and received another life sentence.


  • U.S
    Oct, 2019

    Little was the “most prolific"serial killer in US history

    U.S
    Oct, 2019

    In October 2019, the FBI confirmed Little to be the “most prolific” serial killer in US history. The agency also said its analysts believed that all of the 93 confessions he had made until then were “credible”, and uploaded some of the confession videos on YouTube.


  • Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 2020

    Little's death

    Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Dec 30, 2020

    Little died on December 30, 2020, in a Los Angeles County area hospital.


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