Monte Rissell

Name

Monte Rissell

Legal outcome

Monte Rissell was sentenced to five life sentences in 1978.

Background

Monte Rissell was described as committing his first rapes at the age of 14. He was arrested for one of his crimes while still in high school and was sent to an institution. The account stated that he fooled his counselors into thinking he was improving while he continued to rape women during short escapes. It also stated that he raped women once even in the institution's parking lot.

The offence

The account stated that Rissell killed five women in Alexandria, Virginia. It stated that his first kill occurred after a rape near his own apartment complex and took place when he was just 18. It stated that before his nineteenth birthday he had committed and been arrested for 5 murders, all taking place in or near the apartment complex. It stated that he stabbed his last victim 50-100 times according to Rissell. The account also stated that he chased an unaccompanied woman into a ravine, bashed her head against a rock, and held her head under water until she drowned. It stated that he killed five women before he was caught.

Investigation and arrest

The account stated that Rissell was arrested for one of his crimes while still in high school and that he was later caught after killing five women.

Other details

The account stated that Monte Rissell committed his first murder on the day he saw his ex-girlfriend with another man. It stated that he was nineteen at the time. It stated that the girlfriend had just broken up with him via letter, and that he drove up to her college and spotted her with her new boyfriend. It stated that he drove back home to Alexandria, VA. It stated that while sitting in his car in the parking lot of his apartment complex, he was drinking and getting high and then saw an unaccompanied woman pull into the lot. The account stated that she was a prostitute and that Rissell was shocked when she tried to defuse the situation by making the sex act seem enjoyable. It stated that he told that account that her trying to make him feel good made him madder and that he ultimately killed her. The account also included the statement: "He killed five women before he was caught." It further stated: "Michael Newton - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans Monte Rissell , a serial killer whose committed his first murder on the day he saw his ex-girlfriend with another man."