Inside the Minds of 5 Teen Serial Killers Who Nearly Vanished Without a Trace

While Norma was acquitted of the crimes on account of her feeble mindedness, Mary served 12 years in a juvenile detention center. Today, she’s a grandmother and lives anonymously under a new name.

4. William Heirens – 18 years old

William Heirens began committing petty crimes at the age of 13, but, five years later, he turned to murder. After brutally stabbing his second female victim, he wrote a message on the wall in lipstick. It read, “For heavens sake, catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself.” Sadly, he would murder a six-year-old girl before police finally caught him.

Heirens served 65 years in a Chicago prison before dying of natural causes.

5. Jesse Pomeroy – 14 years old

Jesse Pomeroy - 14 years old

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The case of Jesse Pomeroy is infamous because of his standing as one of America’s first-known teen serial killers. In 1871, at the age of 12, Pomeroy began murdering young boys in Massachusetts. After his family moved to South Boston, he continued his killing spree and was apprehended by police, but spent only two years in a juvenile detention center.

At the age of 14, Pomeroy was paroled and sent back to live with his mother. However, a short time later, he was found guilty of killing two more children. He was sentenced to life in prison and eventually transferred to the Bridgewater Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

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