September 1970 Wilton Manors police applicant photo of Schaefer
Born
Gerard John Schaefer Jr.
March 26, 1946
Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died
December 3, 1995(1995-12-03) (aged 49)
Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death
Multiple stab wounds to the face, head, neck, and body
Other names
Jerry Shepherd The Killer Cop The Hangman The Butcher of Blind Creek[2]
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Spouses
Martha Fogg
(m. 1968; div. 1970)
Teresa Dean
(m. 1971; div. 1973)
Motive
Sexual sadism
Possession
Necrophilia
Conviction(s)
First degree murder (2 counts)
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment
Details
Victims
2–28+
Span of crimes
September 27, 1972 (confirmed) October 2, 1966 – January 11, 1973 (suspected)
Country
United States
State(s)
Florida
Date apprehended
April 7, 1973
Imprisoned at
Florida State Prison[1]
Gerard John Schaefer Jr. (March 26, 1946 – December 3, 1995) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer, known as the Killer Cop, the Hangman and the Butcher of Blind Creek, who was convicted of the 1972 murder and mutilation of two teenage girls in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is suspected of up to twenty-six further murders.[3]
Described by prosecutor Robert Stone as "the most sexually deviant person" he had ever encountered,[4] Schaefer was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment at his 1973 trial, to be served at Florida State Prison. He was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate while incarcerated at this facility in December 1995.[4][5]
Schaefer became known as the "Killer Cop" as he was a sheriff's deputy in Martin County, Florida, at the time of his initial arrest.[6] He also became known as the "Hangman" due to his favored practice of binding restrained women to trees with a hangman's noose around their neck prior to their torture and murder.[7]
^"Florida Susan Poole Murder Case: No Tips so Far After Police Identify Teenager's Remains Decades Later". Fox News. June 6, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
^Kendrick, p. 272
^Cawthorne, Nigel (1993). Killers: Contract Killers, Spree Killers, Sex Killers, the Ruthless Exponents of Murder, the Most Evil Crime of All. London: Boxtree. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-752-20850-3.
^ abTreadway, Tyler (November 28, 2010). "Former Martin County Deputy's Killing Spree in 1970s Still one of Most Gruesome Murders in St. Lucie". Treasure Coast Newspapers. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^Newton, Michael (2000). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: A Study of the Chilling Criminal Phenomenon from the Angels of Death to the Zodiac Killer. New York City: Checkmark Books. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-816-06196-9.
^Newton, p. 233
^Newton, p. 65
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