Serial Killers Still at Large in 2025: FBI Reports 25 to 50 Active Offenders Across America

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**Serial Killers 2025: Active Cases, Unsolved Mysteries & Forensic Breakthroughs | Detective Emily Carter Investigates**

Join Detective Emily Carter as she breaks down the most chilling active serial killer cases, unsolved mysteries, and forensic breakthroughs of 2025. From the Long Island Serial Killer to international investigations in Kenya, Brazil, and Nigeria, this deep-dive episode explores the dark reality of serial murders still at large.

**What You'll Learn:**
- FBI estimates: 25-50 active serial killers currently operating in America
- Long Island Serial Killer: 10+ victims, 20+ years unsolved—possible law enforcement connection
- Jeff Davis Eight Killers (Louisiana): Police informants targeted in swamp dumping ground
- West Mesa Bone Collector (New Mexico): 11 victims, no arrests, ongoing investigation
- Smiley Face Killers: 45 suspected deaths, college-aged males, drowning pattern
- I-70 Killer: Methodical highway murders since 1992
- Highway Serial Killing Initiative: 400+ unidentified suspect profiles
- Global cases: Kenya's Nairobi killer, Brazil's Rainbow Maniac, Nigeria's horrific discoveries
- Forensic breakthroughs: VR crime scene analysis, digital footprint tracking, AI algorithms
- Criminal psychology evolution: Organized networks vs. lone offenders

**Perfect for:** True crime enthusiasts, criminal justice students, law enforcement professionals, and anyone fascinated by unsolved cases and detective work.

**Featuring:** Real case files, investigative insights, forensic science updates, and rookie detective perspective on modern policing techniques.

*Stay curious. Stay safe. Every detail matters.*

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**Keywords:** Serial killers 2025, unsolved murders, true crime podcast, FBI investigations, forensic science, detective interview, criminal psychology, active cases

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Listeners, it's your favorite rookie detective Emily Carter on the
airways again, bringing you the latest serial killer news and investigations,
straight from the case files and headlines of twenty twenty five.
Pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee. I recommend a
strong Columbian roast if you're the anxious type, and settle
in for a deep dive into the dark, tangled world
of serial killers still at large, new arrests, baffling cases,

(00:24):
and the forensic breakthroughs that keep cops like me hunched
over night shift monitors. If you're hoping for a quiet
news cycle, today is definitely not it. Let's start right
now with the chilling headlines sizzling just beneath the surface.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there could be
anywhere from twenty five to fifty active serial killers stalking

(00:45):
American streets as we speak. No exaggerated movie monsters here,
just real, breathing people blending in with daily life. That
number doesn't even factoring global cases. If you zoom out
to the rest of the world, Experts admit there are
are likely hundreds of unidentified offenders chasing their macabre obsessions
in cities and remote corners we cannot even imagine now.

(01:08):
When I was in the police Academy, instructors said that
the most successful serial killers are those who learn how
to disappear. Some get so far ahead of investigators that,
even decades later, analysts are left reading clues like ancient hieroglyphics.
Our job is to break the code. So where are
we seeing new patterns and activity? Let's kick things off

(01:30):
with a monster known as the Long Island serial killer.
For over twenty years, the stretch of New York coastline
near Gilgo Beach has been hiding a buried secret. At

(01:54):
least ten victims, all murdered between nineteen ninety six and
twenty ten, where discovered by accident when police were searching
for a missing sex worker. The victims were mostly women
advertising on Craigslest, but one was a toddler, another a
cross dressing male grim details right. Even more disturbing is

(02:17):
the speculation that the killer might have law enforcement experience.
If true, it would explain why he, a person who
knows police playbooks, has dodged forensic teams for decades. Every
instructor at the academy reminded us that familiarity with evidence
handling and crime scene protocol gives a criminal a huge advantage.

(02:43):
Despite years of investigation, the Long Island case is still open. Yes,
there have been suspects, and authorities have tried linking a
few known faces to the crimes, but no hard evidence,
no handcuff. The mystery persists, haunting us like a cold

(03:05):
wind off the Atlantic. If you think that's creepy, take
a look at the Jeff Davis eight killers down in
Louisiana between two thousand and five and two thousand nine.
Eight women, many of whom doubled as police informants. Can

(03:27):
you believe that were found dumped in the swamps near Jennings.
It seems almost surreal that the victims reported on each
other before ending up as victims themselves. Not only does
this cast a shadow over local law enforcement integrity, but
an investigative reporter later claimed the killer might be from
within the ranks of law enforcement. Wild and yet disturbingly plausible.

(04:09):
This case has been marked by tangled leads, accusations of
police misconduct, and a pervading sense that the swamp hides
more than just bodies. Again, no arrests worth the ink,
no closure for families. Just another entry in the growing
log of unsolved tragedies. Heading west, we confront one of

(04:31):
the cases that haunted my studies at University the West,
Mesa bone Collector. In February two thousand and nine, a
woman happened upon human bones during a walk with her
dog on a new Mexico. Mesa police unearthed eleven bodies
along the same stretch of land, all women from the
sex trade, all gone without a trace. Most victims were

(04:53):
young and Hispanic one was pregnant. So far, no one's
been arrested, although the local police have investigated countless suspects.
Every couple of months, there's a new tip, a fresh interview,
Bah take nothing sticks. Investigators have tried everything from DNA
analysis to witness appeals, but so far, the bone collector

(05:17):
is just a phantom, a lesson in both criminal cunning
and forensic limitations. Now. I know some listeners might be thinking,
isn't forensic science practically magic? Now? DNA facial recognition, cell
phone tracking, shouldn't we be catching more serial killers than ever?
It's true tech has leveled up, but remember, criminals get

(05:39):
smarter too. A new report this year from crime statisticians
states that law enforcements, improved training, and technology have made
it far more difficult for serial killers to operate rate
wise in America. However, the experts still say there are
dozens prowling highways, suburbs, and netrocenters at any one time.
The reason. The Highway Serial Killing Initiative, one of the

(06:01):
FBI's signature ongoing investigations, now has well over four hundred
unidentified suspect profiles. That's just the dip of the iceberg.
Analysts believe many killers hunt along truck routes, blending with
transient jobs and exploiting gaps in local jurisdiction reporting. Maybe
you're a rookie like me, and you find that fact
a little intimidating. Well, for every blind spot, there's a

(06:25):
forensic breakthrough waiting to happen, and every highway has its
set of watchful eyes, the global news isn't any less chilling.
Between twenty twenty two and July of twenty twenty four,
Kenyan officials documented the disappearance of forty two women near Nairobi.
In July, nine bodies were found in an abandoned quarry.

(06:46):
Each victim a woman between eighteen and thirty years old.
Here's where it gets both hopeful and infuriating. A suspect
Holucha confessed, but in August he managed to escape police custody.
To date, authorities have not recaptured him. As a cop.
That makes my skin crawl. There is nothing worse than

(07:09):
watching justice slip through your fingers. But this case has
had a silver lining. The confessions have given police the
chance to gather more physical evidence and hopefully build a
more robust prosecution if Halucha is ever found taking the
trade