Samuel Little: Perbedaan antara revisi

Little lahir dengan nama Samuel McDowell pada tanggal 7 Juni 1940, di Reynolds, Georgia.<ref name=nyt26nov>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Timothy |title=He Says He Got Away With 90 Murders. Now He's Confessing to Them All. :) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-murderer.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2018 |language=en |location=[[New York City]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126173324/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-murderer.html |archive-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref> Ibunya, Bessie Mae Little, adalah seorang pelacur remaja yang meninggalkannya; pihak berwenang percaya bahwa dia mungkin melahirkannya saat dia di penjara. Sensus dari tahun kelahiran Little mengatakan Bessie Mae bekerja sebagai pembantu dan ayahnya adalah Paul McDowell yang berusia 19 tahun. Segera setelah kelahirannya, keluarga Little pindah ke [[Lorain, Ohio]], di mana dia dibesarkan terutama oleh neneknya. Dia bersekolah di SMP Hawthorne, di mana dia mempunyai masalah dengan disiplin dan prestasi.<ref name="Caniglia 2019">{{cite news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2013/04/suspect_who_grew_up_in_lorain.html |title=Sam Little, who grew up in Lorain, is linked to serial killer probes |first=John |last=Caniglia |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer#Cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]] |publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |location=[[Cleveland, Ohio]] |date=April 8, 2013 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055930/https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/04/suspect_who_grew_up_in_lorain.html |archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> Menurut pengakuannya sendiri, dia mulai memiliki fantasi seksual tentang mencekik wanita saat masih kecil, dimulai ketika dia melihat guru taman kanak-kanak menyentuh lehernya; saat remaja, ia mengumpulkan majalah kriminal sejati yang menggambarkan wanita yang tersedak.<ref>{{cite web|first=Benjamin H.|last=Smith|url=https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/worst-serial-killer-history-samuel-little-confessions|title=Who Is The Most Prolific Serial Killer In History? Everything We Know About Samuel Little|website=[[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen]]|date=March 25, 2020|accessdate=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-30/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-dies|title=Samuel Little, the man called most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, dies at 80|date=December 31, 2020|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

Pada tahun 1956, setelah dihukum karena membobol dan memasuki properti di [[Omaha, Nebraska]], Little ditahan di sebuah lembaga khusus pelanggar remaja.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/timeline-retraces-the-whereabouts-of-a-career-criminal-alleged-serial-killer |title=Timeline retraces the whereabouts of a career criminal, alleged serial killer |date=April 7, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Fox News]] |publisher=[[News Corp (2013–present)|News Corp]] |location=[[New York City]] |access-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023024/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/07/timeline-retraces-whereabouts-career-criminal-alleged-serial-killer.html |archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> Ibunya tercantum di pembukuan sebagai "keberadaannya tidak diketahui". Little pindah ke [[Florida]] untuk tinggal bersama ibunya pada akhir tahun 1960-an. Menurut pengakuannya sendiri, dia beberapa kali bekerja sebagai pekerja pemakaman<ref name="StarAdvertiser">{{cite news |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/04/07/breaking-news/more-cases-connected-to-l-a-serial-killer-suspect/ |title=More cases connected to L.A. serial killer suspect |first=Tami |last=Abdollah |date=April 7, 2013 |newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]] |publisher=[[Black Press]] |location=[[Honolulu, Hawaii]] |access-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820054723/http://www.staradvertiser.com/breaking-news/more-cases-connected-to-l-a-serial-killer-suspect/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref> dan petugas ambulans.<ref name="Drury">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/samuel-little-serial-killer-americas-worst-93-murders-cleveland-reynolds-a8939446.html |title=Samuel Little: US serial killer who admitted to 93 murders charged in two cold cases |first=Colin |last=Drury |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=[[London, England]] |date=June 1, 2019 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609070048/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/samuel-little-serial-killer-americas-worst-93-murders-cleveland-reynolds-a8939446.html |archive-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref> Dia mengatakan bahwa dia kemudian "mulai bepergian lebih jauh dan lebih sering berurusan dengan hukum," ditangkap di delapan negara bagian karena kejahatan yang mencakup mengemudi di bawah pengaruh alkohol, penipuan, mengutil, menggoda, perampokan bersenjata, penyerangan yang kejam, dan pemerkosaan. Little mulai bertinju selama berada di penjara, menyebut dirinya sebagai mantan petinju.<ref name="StarAdvertiser"/>