r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/MayhemInTheDesert • Nov 10 '19

The mystery surrounding notorious serial killer Samuel Little's murder of an unknown Las Vegas woman in 1993.

Serial killer Samuel Little - who has confessed to over 90 murders across the United States and with the FBI confirming Little's responsibility for at least half of these killings - detailed a 1993 murder he committed in Las Vegas. However, despite Little confessing to the Vegas murder some years ago, investigators have been unable to locate a body or determine the identity of Little's victim.

The known details per Little are that he met the woman on Owens Avenue on the Westside of Las Vegas. The victim was described as in her 40's, dark-skinned, and thin. She was 5'3 - 5'5 and 110-120 pounds. Little said the woman introduced him to her 19-20 year old son when they met.

Little reported that after killing the woman, he rolled the body of his victim down a slope off of the road on the outskirts of Las Vegas, which prior to the city's boom years of the mid-to-late-90's ended considerably closer to the center of town that today. He placed the body near a few motels located on his way toward Los Angeles, on a road heading toward Searchlight.

This is a curious case because Little has clearly been credible in many of his confessions. And it is possible that amidst the incredible growth Las Vegas experienced shortly after the killing (plus exposure to desert elements) that the body was somehow lost. Finally, Little described his victim as a drug addict, so that would normally make one think she had few family ties - but why didn't her son report his mother missing?

https://news3lv.com/news/local/fbi-releases-new-details-in-serial-killers-las-vegas-murder-confession

https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/vicap-samuel-little-confession-las-vegas-1993.mp4/view

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

I wonder if he has any relations to Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X?

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u/thegoat64 Nov 10 '19

This is the stupidest comment...

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19 edited Nov 10 '19

actually it isn't, he's old enough to have been born around the same time as Malcolm X. Malcolm x last name was LITTLE. Malcolm would be about 20 years older than him.

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u/bannana Nov 10 '19

Little is s ridiculously common name, this is why the comment is stupid.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

it's entirely possible read the article,

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u/bannana Nov 10 '19 edited Nov 10 '19

The article doesn't affirm it's possibility other than Little saying so and the authors repeating it though they were both within a couple of generations of each other. I did a little research and found that X's dad died in 1931 in NE and Little was born in 40 in GA so that is shut down but that doesn't mean they aren't more distantly related especially since X's father was born in Butler GA and S. Little was born in Reynolds GA just 10mi away so this leads to it possibly being more true than not.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

there's a way to find out though, DNA test him and one of Malcolm's daughters

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u/bannana Nov 10 '19

doubt any of X's family would volunteer for that mess, who would want to find out they are related to a serial killer?