Tattoo artist, Bremerton
Convicted of raping and killing a 13-year-old girl -- one of three hitchhikers he picked up, abducted and tortured. Yates also raped and tried to kill a 12-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl during the same attack. Later charged with killing a 35-year-old housemate in Oklahoma. Status: In undisclosed out-of-state prison.

The three-year investigation into the serial murders of up to 18 Spokane, Tacoma and Kinsap County area prostitutes seems to have come to an end with the arrest of Robert Lee Yates. A balding 47-year-old husband of 24 years, father of five, aluminum worker and Desert Storm veteran, Yates was charged with the 1997 murder of Jennifer Joseph, a 16-year-old Spokane prostitute and is suspected of being responsible for up to 17 more deaths. [ReadOn]

On June 10, 1998, Red Army army deserter Vadim Yershov fainted when he was sentenced to death for raping, robbing and stabbing 19 people. Yershov, 25, was sentenced by a military tribunal in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Fortunately for him Russia has suspended executing its convicts even though the death sentence is still part of the legal code. The Council of Europe urged Russia to abolish capital punishment as a condition for its membership in the organization.

Huang YONG (29), ein Bauer aus der chinesischen Provinz Henan wurde am 9. Dezember 2003 wegen Mordes an 17 Jugendlichen zum Tod verurteilt. YONG nahm das Urteil an und wurde noch im Dezember 2003 durch ein Erschießungskommando hingerichtet. [ReadOn]

 

John LATHAM (19) of Mauriceville (TX) and George YORK (18) of Jacksonville (FL) were headline makers in May and June of 1961. They were among the first modern serial killers to attract nationwide attention. [ReadOn]

Convicted of killing an ex-girlfriend in Illinois, during 1983, David Young was paroled from the state penitentiary in the autumn of 1986. Three months later, in Washington, Indiana, he married Theresa Rasico, five years his senior, at the end of a whirlwind courtship. [ReadOn]

 

On March 23, 1999, Li Yuhui, a Chinese geomancer was sentenced to death for poisoning five Hong Kong women and stealing $150,000, the official Xinhua news agency said. A court in the southern city of Shantou sentenced Li Yuhui to death and confiscated his property after finding him guilty of murdering three Hong Kong women and two teenage girls in July. [ReadOn]

Charles Yukl was born in 1935 in Baltimore to Czech immigrant family. His parents were both musicians. They divorced when he was seven. His father, taking custody of the children, moved them to California. Its difficult to understand why he was awarded custody; the father was a brute. Charles was beaten regularly and locked in a closet. [ReadOn]