CA CA/OH/LA/MS/TX - SAMUEL LITTLE, aka Samuel McDowell, 1970's thru 2012, Serial Killer

[AkitasAreLovely]

Just adding this recent solve from Othram: Berkley County Jane Doe (1977) is now Identified

Another Samuel Little victim has been identified (and not one that was connected to him before).

 

[dotr]

Oct 7, 2024

 

[youngsleuth95]

I have a theory that -UP12776, is Marianne.
1. We don't know the exact year of death of the unknown. Marianne is believed to have been killed in the early 1970s.
2. Marianne is believed to be a transgender MTF. The unknown was found with a pink bathrobe. We don't know what condition the bathrobe was in.
3. Although this is not the place where Little dumped Marianne, he could have easily confused the city and the place where he dumped the body. I also think he could have killed her after, say, 10-20 years. He often got the dates of death of his victims wrong.
Although unlikely, I just wanted to share this.

 

[AkitasAreLovely]

I was checking and found this Reddit post that linked to an article about the possible North Little Rock victim, Ruth, being identified in 2021:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1g3m3e6/north_little_rock_womans_1994_death_linked_to

The Gazette article came out only last month, but there doesn't seem to be anything further and the FBI ViCap website still lists Ruth as an unknown victim.

 

[youngsleuth95]

I have a theory that -UP12776, is Marianne.
1. We don't know the exact year of death of the unknown. Marianne is believed to have been killed in the early 1970s.
2. Marianne is believed to be a transgender MTF. The unknown was found with a pink bathrobe. We don't know what condition the bathrobe was in.
3. Although this is not the place where Little dumped Marianne, he could have easily confused the city and the place where he dumped the body. I also think he could have killed her after, say, 10-20 years. He often got the dates of death of his victims wrong.
Although unlikely, I just wanted to share this.

what do you think about this?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[DS2021]

what do you think about this?

I think it would depend on how long this doe was dead for

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“So when I dropped her over the fence, she practically disappeared in the weeds and stuff,” Samuel Little said to local detectives during his confession in Texas.

A copy of the case file from 1983 shows Willoughby Hills Police extensively investigated the case at the time, trying to connect her to missing women across the country.

Earlier this year, 19 Investigates learned from police that the FBI was trying advanced DNA testing and genealogy in hopes of finding this Jane Doe’s distant relatives.

Genetic genealogy brings new clues in case of Samuel Little Jane Doe victim from Willoughby Hills

Police know who killed her, but decades later they still don’t know this Jane Doe's name.

www.cleveland19.com