'Authorities explained that Little began to inform them of multiple murders he had committed throughout the United States,' Houma Police said in a news release.Ĭoleman said police are working with the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney’s Office to determine the next steps. Little was extradited to Texas in July after he gave investigators details about a 1994 murder in Odessa, for which he was later charged, authorities said. history,' Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland said in a statement quoted by NBC. If Little is found guilty of the slayings, he 'will be confirmed as one of, if not the most, prolific serial killers in U.S. 'Even though law enforcement deals with day-to-day situations, we still have personnel to look into cases that have been going on for many years without justice being served.' 'He described certain details in each case only the person responsible would know,' Coleman said. Houma Police Chief Dana Coleman said Little’s confession corroborated the investigation that was conducted during the time of the murders.

He has given investigators details on a 'multitude' of murders he may have committed from 1970 to 2005 in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, California, Indiana, Arizona, New Mexico and South Carolina, the Wise County Sheriff’s Office told NBC News. Little is serving consecutive life prison sentences after his 2014 murder convictions for strangling three women in the Los Angeles area from 1987 to 1989, authorities said. He took a precious jewel from us that created this family.' There are several generations who never met my grandmother. I never thought we would go through this. 'This makes it feel like it’s 1982 all over again.

'We knew she was murdered but never knew how,' Stepter said. Richard's family members are planning a ceremony Saturday in Thibodaux to honor her memory and to begin the healing process, Stepter said. He took my grandmother at such an early age.' It’s really not closure because the memories we have of her are very scarce. It’s so hard for our family because there are so many children who have never met their grandmother. 'I don’t know why, but that’s all I have. 'The only thing I remember about her is her coming down the hallway,' Stepter said. Because Stepter was only 5 years old when her grandmother was murdered, she clings to the only memory she has of her.

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