A Woman’s Remains From 1977 Are Identified, And Authorities Blame A Serial Killer

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This undated composite based on unidentified skeletal remains and provided by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in Pascagoula, Miss., shows what the woman may have looked like.

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Convicted Murderer Has Confessed To 90 Killings, FBI Says

Ezell said Little confessed in 2018 to several killings in the Southeastern U.S., including that of «Escatawpa Jane Doe,» although Little said he did not know her name. Ezell on Tuesday released a jail photo of Little that was taken in August 1977 after his arrest on a petty theft charge in Pascagoula, which is in Jackson County.

Little died in December in California, where he was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder. He confessed to killing 93 people between 1970 and 2005. Most of the slayings took place in Florida and Southern California.

«Although he is now deceased, Samuel Little is considered a prime suspect in the death of Clara Birdlong,» a news release from Ezell’s office said Tuesday. «Her cause of death is undetermined.»

• Samuel Little
• serial killer
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