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America's Most Prolific Serial Killer Dies At 80

Eighty-year-old Samuel Little was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder.
Posted at 2:56 PM, Dec 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-31 14:56:52-05

The man police say is the most prolific prolific serial killer in U.S. history has died in California.

Eighty-year-old Samuel Little died at the hospital.

He was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder.

Investigators were able to confirm at least 60 victims. In 2018 he opened up to a Texas Ranger about multiple killings. He has since confessed to killing 93 people between 1970 and 2005.