Major Morris
Serial killer?
6known / alleged victims (1 - 6)
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Illinois, USA
- Date of birth
- August 2, 1954
- Age at first offence
- 18
- Characteristics
- rape, serial rapist
- Victim profile
- Girls aged between 15 and 18 years
- Method of murder
- ???
- Date(s) of murder
- 1972 - 1976
- Years active
- 1972–1976
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life in prison on January 2, 1997
Case Summary
Overview
Major Morris was a male with the motive listed as sex. He was described as a “lust killer of girls age 15-18.”
The offence
Major Morris was associated with rape. He confessed to one murder.
Investigation
Major Morris confessed one murder.
Trial
Major Morris’s disposition is recorded as “100-200 years,” in 1996.
Sentencing
Major Morris was sentenced to life in prison on January 2, 1997.
Outcome
He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on January 2, 1997.
Other details
Major Morris Jr. was mentioned in connection with Michael Newton’s book, “An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans.”
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