(AP) — A Mississippi sheriff’s department said Tuesday that it has identified the skeletal remains of a woman found nearly 44 years ago, and investigators believe she was a victim of the now-deceased Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. A relative told investigators early this year that Birdlong went missing from Leflore County in the 1970s. Ezell on Tuesday released a jail photo of Little that was taken in August 1977 after his arrest on a petty theft charge in Pascagoula, which is in Jackson County. Little died in December in California, where he was serving a life sentence for multiple counts of murder. “Although he is now deceased, Samuel Little is considered a prime suspect in the death of Clara Birdlong,” a news release from Ezell’s office said Tuesday.

Source: thestar September 21, 2021 21:45 UTC