Samuel Little, deadliest serial killer of the USA dead at age 80. What is the cause of his death?

Samuel Little, 80 was one of the deadliest serial killers who had confessed to more than 90 murders and was serving multiple life sentences for it. He is now dead. He breathed his last at a hospital in California on 30 December 2020 at 4.53 am. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation released a statement on it. Was it a natural death? Was it due to illness? Was it suicide? What was the cause of his death? 

Samuel Little and his death

Samuel Little was one of the deadliest murderers in the history of America. He had confessed to having murdered 90 victims. The court had sentenced him to multiple life sentences and the police were still on the lookout for more of his victims. But now this deadly criminal is dead. He died at a hospital in California on 30 December 2020 in the wee hours of the morning. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation revealed that the treating doctors declared him dead at 4.53 am in the morning. He was ill for some time.

Samuel Little [Source: FBI]

But the exact cause of death has not been ascertained. It will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office. And it might come a few weeks later after they have conducted a postmortem on the body and done organ testing on his body parts. 

Dana Simas, a spokesperson for the Department said that no foul play is suspected. 

Samuel and his crimes

In the 1980s, Samuel had killed three women in Los Angeles County. The Court had trialed him and sentenced him to three life sentences with no chance of parole. Later, Samuel had confessed that he had killed 93 women across the country. He had strangulated them between 1970 and 2005. Hence the FBI named him the most prolific serial killer in the history of the USA. 

Samuel in Court. He seems to have no signs of regret [Source: LA Times]

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In 2012, he was arrested on charges of narcotics possession and trade. He was extradited to Los Angeles. On DNA analysis, his DNA matched with old crime scenes. His involvement was confirmed in the deaths of three women in Los Angeles County. In 2014, he was convicted. 

Samuel and his modus operandi

The serial killer Samuel led a nomadic life. His targets were women who were prostitutes and involved in the drugs trade. He used to rape them before killing them. As regards his past profession, he was a boxer who had punched and strangulated most of his victims. But most of the cases were ruled as drug overdoses or other causes. This does not speak well of forensic medicine and its experts!!!

Samuel began confessing in 2018 when Texas Ranger James Holland wished to interview him. He was wanting to investigate an unsolved murder case of Odessa. And Samuel started his confessions since he was also eager to move prisons at that time. Christina Palazzolo from FBI said: 

“Over the course of that interview in May, he went through city and state and gave Ranger Holland the number of people he killed in each place. Jackson, Mississippi — one; Cincinnati, Ohio— one; Phoenix, Arizona — three; Las Vegas, Nevada — one,"

Samuel Little's sketches of his victims [Source: NY Times]

This triggered a nationwide effort to recheck whether Samuel had any connections to their unsolved cases. And his hand was found in many of them. Samuel also managed to draw sketches of his victims!!! By October 2019, his role was found to be in 93 killings and FBI had verified it in 50 victims. This number was the highest number of murders done by one man in the history of the USA.