Zu Shenatir
Zu Shenatir | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yemen |
| Died | 5th century |
| Cause of death | Stabbed by victim |
| Details | |
| Victims | Unknown number of young boys |
Span of crimes | 5th century – 5th century |
| Country | Yemen |
Zu Shenatir (fl. 5th century Yemen) was a man in the Himyarite Kingdom (modern-day Yemen) known as one of the first recorded serial killers.[1] He was reportedly a wealthy man, and lived in Aden.
He lured young boys into his home with the promise of food and money,[2] stripped them naked and sodomized them. He then killed them by throwing them naked out of an upper story window of his home. He was only stopped when a would-be victim, named by one book as Zerash,[3] stabbed him.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Newton, Michael (2006). "History of serial murder". The encyclopedia of serial killers (2nd ed.). New York: Facts On File. p. 116. ISBN 0816069875.
- ^ Ramsland, Katherine (2005). The human predator : a historical chronicle of serial murder and forensic investigation (1 ed.). New York: Berkley Books. pp. 8–9. ISBN 042520765X.
- ^ Lawrence Senelick (1990). "Murderers". In Wayne R. Dynes (ed.). Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (PDF). Williamapercy.com. p. 851. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Horberg, Karl (8 May 1997). "Into the Abyss". Paper Street Productions. Archived from the original on April 26, 2005.
- Masters, Robert E. L.; Eduard Lea (1963). Sex crimes in history: evolving concepts of sadism, lust-murder, and necrophilia, from ancient to modern times. Julian Press. p. 211.
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