The Case of Samuel Little

Ethan Cole

McKinney Boyd HS
 Ethan Cole

Mr. Whitley

Law Enforcement 1

17 October 2019

Samuel Little

Samuel Little was born on June 7th, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia. It is possible

that he was born while his mother was in jail, serving a sentence. He says that his

mother abandoned him on the side of the road as an infant, and he went to live with his

grandmother. He began committing crimes as early as being a teenager, including

stealing a bicycle and robbery. He always targeted vulnerable and marginalized women,

that were often prostitutes, and usually black. Samuel Little has confessed to having

killed 93 people, of which police most certainly believe, have reportedly confirmed over

50 so far. He was named “The Stroke-and-Choke Killer” by the Los Angeles Police

Dept. for masturbating while strangling a woman. His signature style of death was

raping and beating up his victim before murdering them. Something he always did since

he had a photographic memory was what they looked like and the location, because

every place that he’s confessed to the police about has been proven to be true. He has

been in jail countless times, going all the way back with the first mugshot being taken in

1966, and now serving life in jail without the possibility of parole. He was sentenced to

life in prison on September 25th, 2014. Since then, he has given a lot of information

about all the crimes that he has committed to the police and FBI. His many drawings of

victims he’s murdered have helped in trying to close cases and identify the individuals

he has killed in the past.

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