William L. Suff California

Janet Suff

William L. Suff is an inmate on death row in the state of

California..

Crime

Suff killed 12 women and attempted to kill a 13th over a two-year period. He strangled his victims, most of whom were prostitutes, and gave some of their possessions to female friends.

His victims include Janet Suff, (his infant daughter) Michelle Yvette Gutierrez, Charlotte Jean Palmer, Linda Ann Ortega, Martha Bess Young, Linda Mae Ruiz, Kimberely Lyttle, Judy Lynn Angel, Christina Tina Leal, Daria Jane Ferguson, Carol Lynn Miller, Cheryl Coker, Susan Melissa Sternfeld, Kathleen Leslie Milne, Cherie Michelle Payseur, Sherry Ann Latham, Kelly Marie Hammond, Catherine McDonald, Delliah Zamora Wallace, Eleanore Ojeda Casares.

Defendant's victims abused drugs and worked as prostitutes in Riverside County. The homicide victims were killed between June 1989 and December 1991. All of his victims were asphyxiated, four of the victims also suffered stab wounds to the chest, and the right breast of three of the victims had been excised. Hairs, fibers, tire tracks, and shoe impressions connected defendant with the homicide victims, and each of these types of evidence was associated with more than one victim. The victim of the attempted homicide identified defendant as her assailant, and a friend of homicide victim Kelly Hammond identified defendant as the person driving a van that Hammond entered the evening she disappeared. A knife found in defendant's van had blood on it that was consistent with the last homicide victim's and not consistent with defendant's. Testing of DNA found on or near nine victims reflected matches to defendant. Personal items belonging to three of the homicide victims were found at defendant's worksite, in his wife's jewelry box, and in the possession of acquaintances to whom he had given them. Defendant had repeatedly expressed his hatred of prostitutes, and had stated to one person that he thought that prostitutes should be killed.

Address

William L. Suff J83402-2010

San Quentin State Prison Death Row

San Quentin, CA 94974

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