South Carolina Serial Killers
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 serial killers whose murders took place in South Carolina, with first known killings from 1970 to 2003. 3 of them were caught; 1 linked case file document their victims. The earliest series is Donald Henry Gaskins (1970) and the most recent is Todd Kohlhepp (2003). Profiles are added in order of public interest, so this page is not a complete census of the state.
All 3 profiles
Donald Henry Gaskins
Pee Wee Gaskins
Executed. Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins was serving life sentences for nine South Carolina murders from 1970 to 1975 when he killed death-row inmate Rudolph Tyner with a bomb in 1982. Sentenced to death, he was electrocuted in 1991.
Henry Louis Wallace
The Taco Bell Strangler
On death row. Henry Louis Wallace was convicted in 1997 of murdering nine young women in Charlotte, North Carolina, between 1992 and 1994 and received nine death sentences.
Todd Kohlhepp
Todd Christopher Kohlhepp
Imprisoned for life. Todd Kohlhepp, a South Carolina real estate agent, pleaded guilty in May 2017 to seven murders: the 2003 Superbike Motorsports shootings in Chesnee and three people killed on his Woodruff property in 2015…
At a glance
| Name | Alias | State | Active | Convicted | Confessed | Suspected | Legal status | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Henry Gaskins | Pee Wee Gaskins | South Carolina | 1970 to 1982 | 10 | 13 | 14 to 15 | Convicted | Executed |
| Henry Louis Wallace | The Taco Bell Strangler | North Carolina, South Carolina | 1990 to 1994 | 9 | 11 | 11 | Convicted | Imprisoned |
| Todd Kohlhepp | Todd Christopher Kohlhepp | South Carolina | 2003 to 2016 | 7 | 7 | 7; Kohlhepp later claimed additional undisclosed victims, none verified | Convicted | Imprisoned |
Serial murder case files from South Carolina
Victim-centred case pages from the cold case index, with their own timelines and sources.