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Quick Facts
Nicknames or Aliases: Sick Ripper
Offender Status: Alive
MO: strangulation, body dismemberment, sexual assault
Timespan of Crimes: 2003
Date Apprehended: May 2005
Sentence: 6 counts of murder, 1 count of first-degree manslaughter. Sentenced to 360 years imprisonment.
Case Status: Closed
Number of Victims: 7
Victims: Melanie Ruth Camilin, Janice Roberts, Diane Cusack, Nilsa Arizmendi, Marilyn Gonzalez, Joyvaline Martinez and Mary Jane Menard.
Location of Crimes: Connecticut
Summary of William Devin Howell’s Crimes
In November 2017, Howell was already incarcerated for the first-degree manslaughter of Nilsa Arizmendi when he was then sentenced to six consecutive life sentences, which equals 360 years in Connecticut, for the murder of 6 other women. He is currently serving at Cheshire Correctional Institution.
Howell disposed of the bodies behind a shopping center in New Britain, Connecticut, where the remains were discovered by a hunter looking for a good hunting spot for the season.
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