Confessions of America’s worst ever serial killer
were beaten and strangled, before their bodies were dumped in alleyways or bins.
It turned out they were just a fraction of those he killed. Little had travelled state to state in a beaten-up
car buying drinks Names of serial killer victims for women or taking them shopping before pushing his thumbs into their necks and strangling them.
Ben Davies, who was in a relationship with Samuel Little’s sister for 20 years, remembers him: “He was a hustler. I remember he had an old mobile [home] and it was just full of stuff, clothes, meats.”
Born to a single mum who abandoned him as a child, Little’s jobs included being an ambulance attendant, and day labourer.
He was looked after by a long-term girlfriend called Jean who shoplifted food and drink to keep them going.
It seems she was unaware that one of his pastimes was regularly murdering women.
This February, the FBI released portraits he drew of his victims in the hope they can be identified and their families notified.
One of Little’s drawings shown on camera has written underneath the drawing “she is mine”. Detective Little in jail and, above, drawings he did of some of his victims Darren Versiga has interviewed Little twice - and has now started receiving letters from him which have enough detail to prove he was the killer of some of the women he claims.
Darren believes that Little is not exaggerating and has committed dozens of murders.
The detective says: “When he can tell the last meal she had - he has confirmed those.
“And I mean if he wanted to take credit for all of them he could have said ‘yeah, they’re all mine, put them on me’, but he didn’t want that.”
■ Confessions of a Serial Killer is on Channel 4 on Monday night at 9pm.