Nevada Serial Killers

ColdCaseIndex documents 1 serial killer whose murders took place in Nevada, with first known killings from 1974. 1 of them was caught; 0 linked case files document their victims. The earliest series is Paul John Knowles (1974) and the most recent is Paul John Knowles (1974). Profiles are added in order of public interest, so this page is not a complete census of the state.

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Died before trial 1974

Paul John Knowles

The Casanova Killer

Killed. Paul John Knowles, the Casanova Killer, was linked to at least 18 killings across several states in 1974 after escaping a Jacksonville jail.

Georgia 18 to 35 suspected Killed

At a glance

Serial killers in Nevada, by first known murder
Name	Alias	State	Active	Convicted	Confessed	Suspected	Legal status	Fate
Paul John Knowles	The Casanova Killer	Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Texas, Connecticut, Virginia	1974	—	—	18 to 35	Died before trial	Killed

Serial murder case files from Nevada

Victim-centred case pages from the cold case index, with their own timelines and sources.

Solved 1982

Mary Edith Silvani (Sheep's Flat Jane Doe)

On July 17, 1982, hikers found the body of an unidentified woman in the Sheep's Flat area off the Mount Rose Highway above Incline Village, Nevada; she had been sexually assaulted and shot in the back of the head.

Incline Village Homicide Age 33

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