The most ruthless serial killer in the United States killed dozens of drug addicts and prostitutes and drew portraits of their victims

Samuel Little confessed to the murder of some 90 people, prostitutes and drug addicts, committed between 1970 and 2005 in the United States. Until now, the authorities have confirmed more than 40 of them.

To identify some of the victims of the 78-year-old vagabond, the FBI published 16 scary portraits drawn for which one believes could be the biggest serial killer in the history of this country.

Little, an ex-1.90 tall boxer also known as Samuel McDowell, is currently completing a life sentence in a Texas prison for murder.

The victims of Little They were addicts or prostitutesalthough many remain unidentified. According to the FBI, the killer was in the habit of strangling them and many of those dead had not been the subject of an investigation for homicide, but attributed to an overdose, accidents or natural causes.

The drawings made by Little include details such as the color of the eyes and hair of the victims or the blue handkerchief that one of them bore on the head during his removal.

The FBI on Tuesday asked the public to help him identify the victims from these traits.

One of the drawings, for example, shows a white woman, aged 20 to 25, with green eyes and brown hair, murdered in Maryland in 1972.

Another is that of a black woman aged 23 to 25 with bright red lips and earrings of the same color. She was murdered in 1984 in Georgia and it is thought that this could be a University student

If the 90 cases admitted by Little are confirmed, this one would become the biggest serial killer in the USA.

Until now, the murderer who left more victims was Gary Ridgway, Known as the "Green River Killer", convicted of 49 homicides, he is serving a life sentence in Washington State.

Little was detained in a shelter for the needy in Kentucky in 2012 and transferred to California for a drug charge. He was later linked to several murders in Los Angeles and sentenced to Texas.

The murderer grew up in Ohio, dropped out of high school and he lived a "nomadic life" According to the FBI, he allegedly stole goods from stores or committed robberies to buy alcohol and drugs.