[Murder Cases listed by perpetrator. Case may be listed by victim if unsolved or with multiple perpetrators]
Carpenter, David p1 - Carr, Chad p1 - Carr, Sharon p1 - Carruth, Rae & Van Brett Watkins p1 - Carter, John p2 - Carter, Michelle p2 - Carty, Linda p2 - Cashman, Thomas p2 - Casso, Anthony Gaspipe p3 - Castaldo, Frank et al p3 - Castellano, Paul p3 - Castle, Laura p4 - Castor, Stacey p4 - Castree, Ronald p4 - Castro, Lou p5 - Castro, William & Gideon p5 - Cates, Kimberley murder p5 - Cauchi, Joel p5 - Causley, Russell p10 - Cavanagh, Martin p11 - Cdebaka, Cynthia p5 - Celaire, Mario p6 - Cesnik, Catherine & Malecki murders p6 - Chadwick, Peter p6 - Challen, Sally p6 - Chamberlain, Lindy p7 - Chambers, Jessica p7 - Chambers, Robert p7 -
CARPENTER, DAVID: Born to Kill? TV - True Crime Recaps 2023 - Very Scary People TV -
In 1980 a sadistic killer wrought havoc across the hiking trails of central California. He stalked his prey with ruthless determination and executed his victims with merciless detachment. But who was behind these brutal murders and was he born to kill? Born to Kill? s6e11: David Carpenter, Really 2017
A trail of bodies found along the San Francisco bay. ibid.
In 1981 David Carpenter was in custody for the brutal murders of nine people in the parks of central California. He was positively identified by the only surviving victim. ibid.
10 other people didn’t make it and the last face they saw was the Trailside Killer’s. True Crime Recaps: The Hunt for the Trailside Killer, Youtube 17.47, 2023
David lunged at her [Barbara] from behind a tree and attacked with a 10-inch Bowie knife. ibid.
From 1979 to 1981 this pristine setting became the backdrop to a terrifying mystery. Women were being targetted and killed as they hiked the wildeness paths and Californian parks. Very Scary People s5e1: The Trailside Killer TV, CI 2024
‘He was a really nondescript, beige type of guy with a terrible stutter.’ ibid. parole officer
A man known as the Trailside Killer was targetting women, raping, torturing and murdering them. Very Scary People s5e2
‘They found .38 bullets in all of them.’ ibid. comment
‘At the age of 14 he was committed to the Napa State Hospital for sexual offences.’ ibid.
CARR, CHAD: People Magazine Investigates TV -
‘It appeared that someone had beat her [Brittany McGlone] in the head repeatedly.’ People Magazine Investigates s7e9: Dead in Bed, rozzer, QuestRed 2023
‘He had an extensive history of violence towards women.’ ibid.
Jeff [Stogner] claims that when he awoke at 7 a.m. Brittany was still asleep in bed. ibid.
Jeff mentioned that before they headed to Dallas, his sister’s boyfriend, Chad Carr, stopped by the house. ibid.
Jeff passed the polygraph … Chad showed 100% deception. ibid.
‘He [Chad] assaulted a women in a very similar fashion to [how] Brittany was murdered. That weapon that he used turned out to be a jackhammer.’ ibid. rozzer
CARR, SHARON: Jo Frost on Britain’s Killer Kids TV -
On 7th June 1992 the mutilated body of 18-year-old hairdresser Katie Radcliff was found here in Farnbrough, Hampshire. She had been brutally stabbed to death. Due to the ferocity of the murder the police were certain they were looking for a male killer. But in fact Katie’s attacker was a 12-year-old girl named Sharon Carr. It would be 4 years before she was brought to justice in which time she would attempt to claim another teenage victim. Jo Frost on Britain’s Killer Kids s1e3: Sharon Carr, CI 2017
‘Somebody who really lacks all remorse and in that sense does show psychopathic traits.’ ibid. expert
‘She is the youngest murderess in British criminal history.’ ibid. rozzer
The judge, Mr Justice Scott Baker, recommended that she should be detained indefinitely. ibid.
CARRUTH, RAE & VAN BRETT WATKINS & MICHAEL KENNEDY: The Killer Speaks TV - NBC Sports online - Killer Trials TV -
Charlotte, North Carolina, November 16th 1999: Just after midnight 911 receives a desperate call. When EMS arrives they find a bullet-riddled car. Inside a pregnant woman shot four times. The Killer Speaks s2e3: Van Brett Watkins, A&E 2014
According to Cherica [Adams], Carruth [boyfriend] blocked her car, watched the shooting and drove off after the shooter fled and never came back. ibid.
Watkins isn't just a hired killer, he is someone capable of sudden, deliberate and horrifying acts of violence. ibid.
‘You can smell their fear, and your body radiates power.’ ibid.
Cherica has slipped into a coma ... ‘He [Carruth] walked into the hospital with another woman.’ ibid. mother
With the confession, Watkins joins Michael Kennedy and pro-football player Rae Carruth in being charged with attempted murder. ibid.
First degree murder – he [Carruth] pleads not guilty. ibid.
A sobbing Van Brett Watkins gave jurors a graphic account of how he pointed a gun at Rae Carruth’s pregnant girlfriend and pulled the trigger five times.
Watkins wiped away tears after describing his emotions when he realized what he had done.
He then swore at Carruth, stood up in the witness box and shouted: ‘Are you happy now?’
During his second day of testimony Thursday at the former NFL player’s murder trial, Watkins again demonstrated again that he can be composed for long stretches of testimony, but prone to loud outbursts.
Watkins said he was in the back seat of a car that pulled alongside Cherica Adams’ BMW last year.
Carruth, he said, blocked her path with his vehicle and watched the attack in the rearview mirror.
‘I fired one shot, then four more shots: bam, bam, bam, bam,’ Watkins said in a monotone. ‘She was screaming.
‘She was drowning in her own blood. You could hear a gurgling sound.’
Carruth, 26, could get the death penalty if convicted of plotting Adams’ shooting 16th November 1999.
She died a month later after delivering Carruth’s son. NBC Sports online article 15th February 2011