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PI Bill Warner Says Serial Killer Samuel Little Had Fl Prison Detainer For Sarasota Does He Link to Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Hunter Oct 29 1989

newspaper screenshot Tampa Tribune Tampa Fl Dec 3rd 1989.  Serial killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell, who died in a California prison, confessed to at least 12 murders in Florida. The 12 murders in Florida occurred from the early 1970s in Miami up to 1993 in Perry Fl. Samuel Little says he strangled his 92 female victims between 1970 and 2005 nationwide. Many of his victims’ deaths, however, were originally ruled overdoses or attributed to accidental or undetermined causes. Some bodies were never found. Serial Killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Littles spent a lot of time in Florida killing women. Florida was Sam Little's main hunting ground after California. In September 1989 serial killer Samuel Little had fled California and was on the run from the murders of Audrey Nelson Everett and Guadalupe Apodaca, did he return to Florida? Audrey Nelson Everett, 35, was found in a dumpster behind a night club and restaurant in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1989. Guadalupe Apodaca, 46, was found on September 3, 1989, at an abandoned auto repair shop in Los Angeles, California, after a boy kicking a soccer ball against the building peered into the windows and saw her body. 

In October 1989 Samuel Little was not in jail or prison, he was on the run from 2 murders in LA. According to the FBI, Samuel Little has been linked to Florida murders in Miami (1), Kendall, Fort Myers, Homestead Air force Base (1), Tampa Bay, Plant City, Homestead (2nd), Miami(2nd), St Petersburg, University of Miami(3rd), Perry, and Clearwater. Serial Killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Littles also had multiple arrests in several Florida counties, he even was sent to state prison in Florida under the assumed name, "Littles" from Jan 2007 to Dec 2008 on a Grand Theft conviction out of Leon County Fl. Serial killer Samuel Little drifted all around Southwest Florida as his criminal record shows. 

 Offender Picture (Florida State Prison system mugshot Samuel Littles 2008). Serial killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell was also know to be in or through the Sarasota Fl area multiple times over a 38 year period. Samuel Little had killed 92 women nationwide, many of them involved with drug and prostitution activities. Serial killer Samuel Little murdered several women in Florida starting in 1970 from Homestead Fl, then to Fort Myers Fl, to St Pete Fl, to Perry Fl and to Tallahassee Fl. Samuel Little was in the Florida State prison system from Jan 2007 to Dec 2008 on a Grand Theft conviction out of Leon County Fl with a hold/detainer by the Sarasota County Sheriff Dept for when he was released on December 21st, 2008, WHY?

Serial killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Littles, DOB 6/7/1940, was arrested 3 times in Leon County (Tallahassee) Fl, first in May 1993, then in March 2005 and finally in December 2007 with the name Samuel Littles DOB 6/7/1940. Leon County Fl court records show Samuel Little(s) went to prison in Feb 2008 for stealing $300 worth of steaks and electronics from the Walmart on West Tennessee Street in December 2007, his MO was a retail shoplifter to support himself. When Samuel Little(s) got out of prison 10 months later on December 21st, 2008, he listed a West Tennessee Street address, which was the homeless shelter at the time. Samuel Little(s) arrests range from a marijuana possession and resisting arrest without violence bust in Lee County on January 17, 1979, two arrests by Naples police also in 1979, two Collier County Sheriff's Office arrests in 1993 and other arrests in the following years in Tallahassee, Leon County in 2008 using the name Samuel Littles (see above), Sarasota and the Florida Highway Patrol. Samuel Little confessed to having killed 20-year-old Rosie Hill in Marion County, Florida in 1982. A 38-year-old murder case in Gainesville Fl of Patricia Ann Mount has also been closed. Alachua County Florida sheriff’s cold case detective Kevin Allen said Samuel Little, who beat the rap for Patricia Ann Mount’s 1982 killing at trial, has later confessed to her murder. Does Sam Little link to unsolved murder of Jennifer Hunter on Oct 29, 1989 whose body was found in a parking lot on 2060 51st St Sarasota Fl?

Serial Killer Samuel Little Arrested in Sarasota Fl Does He Link to Unsolved Murder of Jennifer Hunter in October 1989? Serial killer Samuel Little targeted prostitutes linked to the drug trade. Samuel Little drifted around Southwest Florida as his record shows for many, many years. Sam Little’s method of killing didn’t always leave obvious signs that the death was a homicide. The one-time heavyweight competitive boxer usually stunned or knocked out his victims with powerful punches and then strangled them while he raped them. With no stab marks or bullet wounds, many of these deaths were not classified as homicides but attributed to drug overdoses, accidents, or natural causes. In the December 3rd 1989 Tampa Tribune serial killer story, 2 of the victims were strangled and 3 victims had no cause of death revealed, all were murdered between August 1987 and October 1989 in the same general area of north Sarasota Fl. Serial killer Samuel Little was finally arrested on September 5, 2012, at a homeless shelter in Louisville, Kentucky, and extradited to California to face a narcotics charge, after which authorities used DNA testing to establish that he was involved in the murders of Linda Alford, killed on July 13, 1987; Guadalupe Duarte Apodaca, killed on September 3, 1987; and Audrey Nelson Everett, killed on August 14, 1989. All three women were killed and later found on the streets of Los Angeles. He was extradited to Los Angeles, where he was charged on January 7, 2013. A few months later, the police said that Little was being investigated for involvement in three dozen murders committed in the 1980s, which until then had been undisclosed. Little confessed to having killed 20-year-old Rosie Hill in Marion County, Florida in 1982.

Five cases remain unsolved murders of young women in Sarasota Fl, the killing spree took place from August 6, 1987 to October 29, 1989, do the unsolved murders link to a serial killer? 1). August 6, 1987 Gloria Jean Fuhs age 32 found at corner Myrtle Ave and N Tamiami Trl Sarasota Fl. 2). November 22, 1987 Bobbie Joann Fitts age 20 found near 57th Ave East and Tamiami Trl Sarasota Fl. 3). July 1, 1988 Christine Trapasso age 20 of Motel 41 found in field north of Sarasota Airport on N Tamiami Trl Sarasota Fl. 4). August 24, 1988 Evelyn Rey found at 46th Street and Central Ave Sarasota Fl. 5). October 29th, 1989 Jennifer Hunter found at 2060 51st Street Sarasota Fl.

Serial Killer Samuel Little was known to use various alias names, such as SAMUEL WILLIAM LITTLE, WILLIAM LITTLE, SAMUEL LITTLES, SAMUEL MCDOWELL, SAMUEL NCDOWELL. Samuel Little's more than 100-page rap sheet details crimes in 24 states spread over 56 years. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is leading a review of that state's unsolved murders and helping coordinate the effort among 12 jurisdictions. "We strongly encouraged them to look at any unresolved homicides that they had during those time frames and then consider Samuel Little as a potential suspect," said Jeff Fortier, a special agent supervisor at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.  

Serial killer Samuel Little aka Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Littles DOB 6/07/1940 was on the run in 2007 from a outstanding narcotics warrant in Los Angeles. Detectives tracked Little through his social security payments to Louisville, Kentucky, and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force found and arrested Samuel Little at a homeless shelter. He was then extradited to California on the outstanding 2007 narcotics warrant, according to New York Magazine. There was a Detainer for Samuel Littles, DOB June 7, 1940, for when he was released from Florida state prison in December 2008 by the Sarasota County Sheriff Office Fl that was dated June 25, 2008. Sarasota County Sheriff's Office wanted serial killer Samuel Little aka Samuel Littles when he got out of Florida state prison on December 21st, 2008 for something, (retail shoplifting charge?) but Sarasota County SO cancelled the Detainer on same day Little was released from prison, December 21, 2008, why?

Serial killer Samuel Little was in jail/prison from June 5, 1988 to April 11, 1989 in Los Angeles CA, serial killer Sam Little was known to kill women soon after when he was released from jail. Audrey Nelson Everett, a white female, was murdered Monday August 14, 1989 in Los Angeles California by serial killer Samuel Little who had recently been released from jail, apparently he had fled the state of California after the murder on August 14, 1989. It was only when they tested Little’s DNA, that police could finally establish that he was involved in the murders of Linda Alford and Guadalupe Apodaca in 1987 and Audrey Nelson Everett in August 1989, all of whom were found dead in Los Angeles. Audrey Nelson Everett, 35, was found in a dumpster behind a night club and restaurant in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1989, she had been strangled. There was nothing found that could be used to identify her body, which was naked from the waist down.


Jennifer_HunterJENNIFER HUNTER MURDER UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
On October 29, 1989 the body of Jennifer Hunter, 22, a white female, was discovered in a parking lot of the industrial area at 2060 51st St Sarasota Fl. Jennifer’s death was a result of a homicide. Jennifer was last seen previous evening. Jennifer had a history of prostitution and was known to frequent area of U.S. Highway 301 and U.S. Highway 41. Jennifer is believed to use the industrial area to consummate her prostitution activities. Unsolved Murder Sarasota Fl Oct 29, 1989.

The unsolved murder of Jennifer Hunter on October 29, 1989 in Sarasota Fl fits exactly to the profile of serial killer Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Little's victims. Did serial killer Samuel Little murder Jennifer Hunter? Serial killer Samuel Little told investigators with the Perry Florida Police Department that he is responsible for the 1993 murder of 19-year-old Ruby Lane. Serial Killer Sam Little informed authorities 25 years after Ruby Lane disappeared from Perry Florida. Her remains were found in 2000 in Madison County Fl and identified in 2014. Serial killer Samuel Little stayed in Taylor County Fl, fond of the Skylark Motel just minutes from downtown Perry Fl, for quite some time in the early 1990s.

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NEWS PRESS OCT 8TH, 2019, Samuel Little drifted around Southwest Florida as his record shows. His arrests range from a marijuana possession and resisting arrest without violence bust in Lee County on January 17, 1979, two arrests by Naples police also in 1979, Samuel Little was arrested in Collier County Fl on January 24, 1979 for Retail Theft Felony and Grand Theft and then again on March 1, 1979 for Grand Theft, cases disposed or dismissed. Two more Collier County Sheriff's Office arrests in 1993 and other arrests in the following years in Tallahassee, Leon County 2008, Sarasota Fl and the Florida Highway Patrol. 

The unsolved murder of Jennifer Hunter on Oct 29, 1989 appears to link to drugs and prostitution in the Newtown section of Sarasota Fl where she lived, an area where serial killer Samuel Little would have gravitated to. Serial killer Samuel Little has an arrest record in Sarasota Fl. Jennifer Hunter lived at 2016 29th street Sarasota Fl her body was found a 3 min drive away at 2060 51st Street. In 1977 to 1978 or possibly 1983 to 1984 Samuel Little met and killed a 23-year-old, 5’ 5” tall, 140 to 160 pound, short “chubby” black female in a bar in Clearwater or St. Petersburg, Florida. Samuel Little stated in the summertime (hot all year) of approximately 1984 he killed a black female in Fort Myers, Florida. He said he and his companion “Jean” used to go to the woman’s house in a Black neighborhood, possibly on or behind Nelson Street to sell the family clothes. Fort Myers police said they discovered the body of a Black woman in May of 1985, but she has never been identified. 

Serial killer Sam Little gave confessions that included a dozen killings in Florida in the 1970s and 1980s. The DNA Identification Act of 1994 formalized the FBI's authority to establish a National DNA Index System (NDIS) for law enforcement purposes in all 50 states. To further the use of DNA in solving crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) created a hierarchy of DNA profile indexes, the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). CODIS is a national DNA information repository maintained by the FBI that allows state and local crime laboratories to store and compare DNA profiles from crime-scene evidence and convicted offenders. 

The goal of the CODIS system is to match case evidence to other previously unrelated cases or to persons already convicted of other crimes. Newspapers across the country have printed stories concerning crimes that were solved using DNA analysis and CODIS. The use of DNA profiles in solving crimes has become an increasingly powerful tool for law enforcement agencies. So how was serial killer Sam Little able to fly under the radar for 40 years and actually be an inmate in a Florida prison in 2008 and no connection was ever made to any of his many, many murders when his DNA had been on file with the FBI since 1984?

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- On September 5th, 2012, U.S. Marshalls arrested 72-year-old drifter Samuel Little at the Wayside Christian Mission homeless shelter in Louisville KY and extradited him to Los Angeles, California, where he was wanted on an old narcotics charge. The U.S. Marshals say they found the 72-year-old suspected serial killer hiding out in a Louisville homeless shelter. Samuel Little is charged with three cold case murders out of Los Angeles that date back to the 1980s. Marshals say Little is a career criminal who went by several other names and that his criminal rap sheet spans 24 states. New DNA test results have linked him to the cold cases. Workers at Wayside Christian Mission thought Samuel Little was a just sickly old man when he arrived at the emergency shelter last fall. Detectives say he was sick, but in much different way," as Mitzi Roberts of the Los Angeles Police Dept. explains: "I think Samuel McDowell aka Samuel Little aka Samuel Littles is a monster who preyed on vulnerable people." U.S. Marshal Service Chief Deputy Brian Parrish says, "The methodology of the murder, which was strangulation, has every cold case detective in those 24 states canvassing for similar homicides." Detectives in Los Angeles called U.S. Marshals in Louisville, saying Little was a career criminal going by several different names and had a criminal rap sheet in 24 states. Marshal Service Chief Deputy Brian Parrish says, "When we received the info, we took it as a high priority. We felt like potentially there was this individual in the Louisville area that was still continuing to commit these types of crimes." Marshals found the 72-year old man trying to get his disability benefits transferred to Kentucky.



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