Samuel Little, the man the FBI called the most prolific serial killer in US history, died on Wednesday at the age of 80, a police source confirmed to “60 Minutes”. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed Little’s death on Wednesday in a press release.
Little, who in 2018 confessed to 93 murders in more than three decades, has been in prison since 2014 for the murders of three women he strangled. He confessed to the other murders under interrogation by Ranger James Holland – the story of those confessions was told by “60 minutes“in October 2019.
“Probably several people were – convicted and sent to the penitentiary on my behalf,” Little told “60 Minutes” when asked why he confessed to the murders. “I say, if I can help get someone out of prison, you know, God can smile a little more at me.”
Little told authorities that he targeted prostitutes, drug addicts and other women on the outskirts that he believed the police would not work hard to find.
“They were broke and homeless and got right into my spider web,” said Little 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. That’s not a honor. This is a curse. “