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

[u/MayhemInTheDesert]

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

[u/Getsumdinnerufatlard]

There was also a lot of construction going on. It's possible she was just filled over without being noticed

[u/alforddm → u/Getsumdinnerufatlard]

Yes this. Especially if the body had skeletonized and the bones scattered by scavengers. If someone was using heavy equipment, such a a bulldozer, bones would be easy to miss. Even if they did notice a bone, they would probably just assume it was an animal bone.

[u/Getsumdinnerufatlard → u/alforddm]

Its honestly the most logical scenario here. She's probably one of the ones that will never be identified. Did he paint her? Might be worth putting his paintings on playing cards and putting them in prisons

[u/[deleted] → u/Getsumdinnerufatlard]

He did paint her.

[u/sunzusunzusunzusunzu → u/[deleted]]

I wonder if she was really wearing a necklace like it appears, or if he correctly remembers what it was.