Olösta mord på homosexuella män i Chesapeake, Virginia mellan 1987 - 1995

A.K.A.: "Hampton Roads Killer"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Lust strangler of gay men
Number of victims: 1 - 12
Date of murders: 1987 - 1996
Date of arrest: May 6, 1997
Date of birth: 1956
Victim profile: Andrew D. "Andre'' Smith (gay man)
Method of murder: Ligature strangulation
Location: Norfolk area, Virginia, USA
Status: Sentenced to life in prison on October 27, 1998
http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jackson-elton-manning.htm

Elton M. Jackson, 43, has been convicted by a Newport News, Virginia jury of strangling Andrew D. "Andre" Smith, 38, with whom he had sex. Jackson's capture and conviction, some police believe, could signal an end to a decade-long reign of terror in the Norfolk area where 10 other gay men (and one straight-identified man) were murdered under similar circumstances. (See: http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/people/081197pe.htm )

Jackson was convicted of only Smith's murder, for which the jury has recommended a life sentence. Prosecutor M.J. Massie, believes that similarities between the methods used to kill Smith as well as those noted during an 11-year stretch in which 11 other killings took place "make sense" as a pattern that points to Jackson as the serial killer. "But it's not enough to say he's a serial killer," said Massie.

Previous victims, included 18 year-old Chucky Smith, Joseph Ray, in his 30's; Stacy Reneau, 21; John W. Ross Jr, 37; Billy Lee Dixon, 32; Reginald Joyner, in his 30's; Ray Bostick, 27; Robert A. Neal, 24; Garland L. Taylor, 24; Samuel E. Aliff, 31; Jesse James Spencer.
http://www.gaytoday.com/garchive/world/091698wo.htm

Evidence needed to convict Jackson of the previous murders has been insufficient, according to law enforcement officials. Blood from another victim, killed in 1993, was found in Jackson's bed, however, and he is known to have had contact with some of the other murder victims.