Karen O'Donoghue is a woman who disappeared from Springfield, Massachusetts on July 2, 1969. In 2018, Samuel Little confessed to murdering her in Homestead, Florida in 1970 or 1971.
Case[]
O'Donoghue vanished from Springfield. At the time, she was engaged with her fiancé was planning to marry him.
In 2018, Samuel Little confessed to killing a woman in 1970 or 1971 in Homestead. He claimed to have met her as she was leaving a home for the mentally ill. Little remembered the woman was a nurse and suffered from menstrual irregularities. He also provided a sketch of the woman, referring to her as "Scandinavia Girl" in the process. The details and sketch Little created apparently matched to the disappearance of Karen O'Donoghue. Per a memo written by an assistant state attorney in Miami-Dade County, Little was not going to be charged in her case.
Between 1970-2005, Little killed up to ninety women, many of whom were involved in drugs or sex work. He was convicted of eight murders in three states and linked to sixty-one additional murders, including O'Donoghue. The investigation into Little's crimes are ongoing despite his death on December 30, 2020.
Characteristics[]
- Short, light blonde hair.
- Blue eyes.
- Skin graft scar on finger.
- Scar on stomach from where skin was removed for the graft.
Exclusions[]
- Virginia Beach Jane Doe (1976)
- Middlesex County Jane Doe (1979)
- Monmouth County Jane Doe (1980)
- Hanover County Jane Doe (1981)
- Winchester Jane Doe (1991)
- Stafford County Jane Doe (1998)
- Isle of Wight Jane Doe (2001)
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