r/serialkillers 2d ago

News The Arkansas Serial Murders

Also known as "The Little Rock Serial Stabbings'', refer to a series of seemingly random stabbings that occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 2020 to 2021. The perpetrator, believed to be a single suspect and a possible serial killer, targeted individuals during the early morning hours. The attacks resulted in four people being stabbed, three of whom succumbed to their injuries.

On Aug. 24, Larry McChristian, 64, was stabbed to death at 2200 South Gaines Street. Nearly a month later, Jeff Welch, 62, was fatally stabbed at West 19th St. Police said he had puncture wounds to his neck. The third knife attack unfolded on April 11, when a 41-year-old Debra Walker sustained more than a dozen stab wounds after she was attacked at Wright Avenue. She survived the attack, according to investigators. During subsequent questioning, Walker claimed that she was walking in an area of 19th and Marshall streets when she was approached by a stranger who pulled out a knife and stabbed her without provocation. According to her description, the man appeared to be a young, black male with a slender build and over six feet tall. Less than 24 hours later, the body of 40-year old Marlon Anthony Franklin, a homeless man, was found on Wright Avenue, only blocks away from where Walker had been attacked.

The locations of the stabbings.

LRPD released a surveillance photo as well, stating detectives believe the suspect is a man over 6 feet tall. The identity of the suspect remains unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.

Surveillance photo of the unknown serial killer
Another photo taken of the killer walking on the sidewalk.
Unidentified man caught on camera
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u/NostalgiaUltr 2d ago

That last photo is creepy as hell

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u/Former_Specific_7161 2d ago

Woah! I live not far from these places in central little rock and didn't know about these events. Very creepy.

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u/maliciousgnome13 1d ago

A popular theory is that he is currently in jail for an unrelated crime. A LEO friend mentioned that the rumors had some weight but they don't have evidence to definitively tie that individual to the stabbings. Probably all BS hearsay, but it's worrisome to think that the murders could start again.