Karl Werner
Karl F. Werner
Active for 3 years
(1969-1971) in United States
3
CONFIRMED
VICTIMS
3
POSSIBLE
VICTIMS
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- 4 Timeline Events
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- Boolean Statistical Questions
- 8 Books Written About Karl Werner
- 6 External References
- Internal References
Karl Werner (Karl Francis Werner) an American serial killer active in Northern California. Werner was convicted of murdering three teenage girls, in two separate incidents, in the San Francisco Bay Area communities of San Jose and Saratoga between 1969 and 1971. He stabbed his female teenage victims to death, at least two victims went to the same high school as Warner, Oak Grove High school in San Jose, California. One victim was stabbed over two hundred times while the least stabbed victims received forty-nine stab wounds. Werner was briefly suspected of being the notorious Zodiac Killer, but was soon ruled out as a suspect in that case. In 1971, Karl Werner was sentenced to life in prison at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California.
Karl Werner Serial Killer Profile
Serial Killer Karl Werner (aka) Karl F. Werner, was active for 3 years between 1969-1971, known to have ( 3 confirmed / 3 possible ) victims. This Serial Killer was active in the following countries: United States
Werner completed 13 years of school, attended some college, no degree received. Werner never married. He had no children mentioned.
In 1969 Karl Werner started his killing spree, during his crimes as a serial killer he was known to mutilate, murder his victims. At the time of his crimes he was living with himself, alone at a boarding house, he had recently moved to the boarding house from his parents house just two weeks prior to his arrest, where Werner was known to work as a serial killer.
He was arrested on April 29th 1971, convicted on September 2nd 1971, sentenced to life imprisonment at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, US.
Profile Completeness: 70%
serial killers by profile completenessKarl Werner has been listed on Killer.Cloud since November of 2016 and was last updated 5 years ago.
Karl Werner a known:
Karl Werner
Serial Killer Profile:
Updated: 2019-09-18 Collected by Killer.Cloud
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Karl F. Werner |
| Nickname: | Karl F. Werner |
| Victims: | 3 - 3 |
| Years Active: | 1969 - 1971 |
| Active Countries: | United States |
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Sexual Preference: | heterosexual |
| Marital Status: | never married |
| Children: | no children mentioned |
| Living With: | himself, alone at a boarding house, he had recently moved to the boarding house from his parents house just two weeks prior to his arrest |
| Occupation: | serial killer |
| Childhood Information | |
|---|---|
| D.O.B.: | N/A |
| Family Name: | Werner |
| Given Name: | Karl |
| Birth Location: | San Jose, county seat of Santa Clara County, California; tenth largest city in the United States by population |
| Birth Order: | N/A |
| Siblings: | N/A |
| Raised By: | N/A |
| Birth Category: | N/A |
| Mother: | N/A |
| Father: | N/A |
| Cognitive Ability | |
|---|---|
| IQ: | N/A |
| Highest School: | 13 years of school |
| Highest Degree: | some college, no degree |
| Incarceration | |
|---|---|
| Arrested: | Apr 29, 1971 |
| Convicted: | Sep 2, 1971 |
| Sentence: | life imprisonment |
| Prison Location: | the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, US |
| Executed: | N/A |
| Previous Crimes: | FALSE |
| Previous Jail: | FALSE |
| Previous Prison: | FALSE |
| Death Information | |
|---|---|
| Death Date: | N/A |
| Cause of Death: | N/A |
| Death Location: | N/A |
| Killed In Prison: | N/A |
| Suicide: | N/A |
4 Timeline Events of Serial Killer
Karl Werner
The 4 dates listed below represent a timeline of the life and crimes of serial killer Karl Werner. A complete collection of serial killer events can be found on our Serial Killer Timeline.
| Date | Event Description |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Karl Werner started his serial killing spree. #1969 |
| 1971 | Karl Werner ended his serial killing spree. #1971 |
| Apr 29 1971 | Karl Werner arrested. #19710429 |
| Sep 02 1971 | Karl Werner was convictedand sentenced to life imprisonment at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, US. #19710902 |
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The following serial killers were active during the same time span as Karl Werner (1969-1971).
Serial Killers By Active Year
| 22 / 40 ANSWEREDSerial Killer Boolean Questions: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killer Question | Killer Answer | Total Answered | ||
| used weapon | TRUE | 453 | ||
| mutilated | TRUE | 447 | ||
| problems in school | FALSE | 221 | ||
| teased in school | FALSE | 218 | ||
| physically defect | FALSE | 300 | ||
| speach defect | FALSE | 300 | ||
| head injury | FALSE | 299 | ||
| previous crimes | FALSE | 367 | ||
| previous jail | FALSE | 352 | ||
| previous prision | FALSE | 336 | ||
| used gun | FALSE | 451 | ||
| rape | FALSE | 453 | ||
| torture | FALSE | 426 | ||
| stalk | FALSE | 418 | ||
| blindfold | FALSE | 363 | ||
| bound | FALSE | 406 | ||
| strangle | FALSE | 443 | ||
| sex with body | FALSE | 430 | ||
| ate part of body | FALSE | 451 | ||
| drank blood | FALSE | 442 | ||
| posed body | FALSE | 365 | ||
| totem body part | FALSE | 365 | ||
Books that Mention Karl Werner
Peggy Klaus
Brag!
Karl F. Cohen
Forbidden Animation
Mark Hatmaker
No Second Chance
Rhonda F. Levine
Social Class and Stratification
Karl F. Cohen
Forbidden Animation
Karl F. Wenger
Forestry Handbook
Karl F. Morrison
History as a Visual Art in the Twelfth-Centur...
Scott Allen Nollen
Warners Wiseguys
8 Books that mention Serial Killer
Karl Werner
| ISBN10 | Book Title | Author | Killers Mentioned | Killers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0446550310 | Brag! | Peggy Klaus | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 0786420324 | Forbidden Animation | Karl F. Cohen | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 1884654320 | No Second Chance | Mark Hatmaker | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 0742546322 | Social Class and Stratifi... | Rhonda F. Levine | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 1476607257 | Forbidden Animation | Karl F. Cohen | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 0471062278 | Forestry Handbook | Karl F. Wenger | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 1400861187 | History as a Visual Art i... | Karl F. Morrison | Karl Werner | 1 |
| 0786432624 | Warners Wiseguys | Scott Allen Nollen | Karl Werner | 1 |
Karl Francis Werner (born 1950) is an American serial killer active in Santa Clara County in Northern California. He was convicted of the murder of three teenage girls during his period of activity from 1969-1971.
External References
- Q6371769 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
- Karl F. Werner on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
- Juan Ignacio Blanco, Karl Francis WARNER on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
- Michael Cole, Karl Werner Newspaper Articles on zodiacrevisited.com, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
- A Theory about the Possible Victims of the Zodiac in August of 1969 on mk-zodiac.com, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
- Tahoe27, Karl Werner (Snoozy, Furlong & Bilek) on zodiackillersite.com, Retrieved on May 31, 2019.
Internal References
Karl Werner is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database
- #278 of 327[ Page 19 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
- #311 of 651[ Page 21 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
- #375 of 651[ Page 25 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
- #569 of 651[ Page 38 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
- #620 of 651[ Page 42 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
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