John Floyd Thomas Jr. – An ex-con named John Floyd Thomas Jr., pictured below, has been identified as a serial killer who murdered as many as thirty elderly white women in Southern California.
Beginning in the mid-Seventies, John Floyd Thomas Jr. preyed on white senior citizens who lived alone, raping and smothering them while working as an insurance adjuster.
Despite twice being convicted of rape and serving almost fifteen years in state prison, police failed to connect the unsolved “Westside Rapist” crimes with Thomas.
John Thomas, who raped and then strangled or smothered his victims until they either passed out or died, is linked to 17 murders and at least twenty more unsolved rapes.
Thomas was arrested at his apartment in South Los Angeles last month and charged April 2 with murder in connection with the deaths of Ethel Sokoloff, 68, in the Mid-Wilshire area in 1972, and Elizabeth McKeown, 67, in Westchester in 1976.
“When all is said and done, Mr. Thomas stands to be Los Angeles’ most prolific serial killer,” said LAPD Robbery-Homicide Cold Case Det. Richard Bengston.
Bengston said Thomas’ DNA matched evidence found at five murder scenes, spanning both crime waves — the two homicides he has already been charged with, plus one in Lennox in 1975, one in Inglewood in 1976 and one in Claremont in 1986.
DNA and other evidence is being examined in 25 more unsolved murders thought to be committed by Thomas, based on evidence in his two rape convictions and the DNA evidence in the five murders where he has already been charged.
And that’s the latest news on serial killer John Floyd Thomas Jr.
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April 30th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
never would have guessed him to be black.
April 30th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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April 30th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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April 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
This man is my sisters father in law…we are shocked!!
May 1st, 2009 at 5:47 am
Figures that we have to come to the internet to find news like this. Had he been white, it would have been on every news show for months. Documentaries would already be in the works. My local paper didn’t even have a small article on the subject.
May 1st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
How could you NOT think it was a negroe? Who else consistently preys on the old and weak?
I hope they hang him, throw him in a wood chipper, or soak him in chum and let him swim in the North Atlantic for a few weeks.
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
I worked with him at State Fund for so many years. How discusting it is to know that he fooled us all. He was always pleasant, dressed weird (70’s look although we were in the 90’s), but never showed his bad side. Only a few times did I get to see his bad look when he was upset at Managers, but only a few times and that happened at the West L.A. office for SCIF.
John Thomas you fooled us, but at the end you are the fool. Shame on you and how discusting to have worked with you. I hope God and your victims family have pitty on you.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am
[...] John Floyd Thomas Jr. – An ex-con named John Floyd Thomas Jr., pictured below, has been identified as a serial killer who murdered as many as thirty elderly white women in Southern California. Read more [...]
August 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
NEGROE who even uses that word its 2009 and not the 50’s grow up it wasnt right in the 50’s to say it and its not now. You know im shocked he was black too, you have to think only a hand full of serial kill (in the world!!!) are black. AND THIS IS COMING FROM A WHITE PERSON!!!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
A more specific profile of a serial killer has been presented by Apsche (1993) stating that most are white males in their twenties or thirties, who target strangers near their homes or places of work. “According to criminologist Eric Hickey, who has assembled the most extensive database on demography of serial murder states that, 88% of serial killers are male, 85% are Caucasian, and the average age when they claim their first victim is usually around 28.5. In terms of victim selection 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!! 85% are Caucasian!!!
August 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
See this story for a serial killer targeting black women in North Carolina who is suspected by police to be a black man…
http://a11news.com/2165/north-carolina-serial-killer/
August 9th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
88% of serial killers are male, 85% are Caucasian, thats why im shocked plus the guy who left that comment “How could you NOT think it was a negroe? Who else consistently preys on the old and weak? ”
was stuupid and i wanted to prove a point that most of them are white males