Little bought “dope” and then went into a vacant garage that was located on Figueroa.
The woman was “dark skinned,” stood approximately 5’ 0” tall, and weighed approximately 140 pounds. Little described the black female as having a “big” butt and being approximately 23 to 24 years old. The ledge/shelf was approximately five feet off the ground, and made of solid 2 x 4’s. There was a wide ledge or shelf around the interior of the garage. The garage contained sawhorses, wood planks, and paint. Little entered the garage with the female. There was a brick residence next door to the garage. The house faced Figueroa Avenue, the garage had a wooden door on rollers, and the house had a driveway. There was a garage right in front of the vacant house with only a hook on the door. There was a gas station on the corner of Florence Avenue and Figueroa Avenue near the vacant house. Little bought some “dope” with the female and then walked back down Figueroa Avenue to a vacant house located next to Florence Avenue. Little walked down Figueroa Avenue with the woman and then turned left onto Florence Avenue. Little went to a drug dealer’s house and the drug dealer (pimp) told the female to leave with Little.
Investigators say the manner in which Little killed his victims was more reminiscent to suffocation then strangulation, in that several of his victims did not have broken or fractured hyoid bones in the throat. Multiple victims' deaths were misclassified in autopsy reports and listed as drug overdoses or natural deaths. Little lacked the ability to accurately judge timeframes and distance. At times, Little was proven to be off by more than 10 years and 40 miles. Therefore, years and distances provided in the linked narratives should not be considered definitive. Little stated he strangled all of his victims, with the exception of two who were drowned, and was adamant he never shot or stabbed them. Little had a photographic memory and was able to describe where he met and killed the victims, where he left their bodies and what the victims looked like. More than 60 of Little's confessions have been definitively matched to victims through DNA evidence and/or extensively corroborated interviews. During the course of these interviews, Little confessed to committing 93 murders between 19. Little was interviewed extensively by Texas Ranger James Holland from June 2018 to shortly before his death in December 2020. “It’s critical that anyone with information comes forward, as time is running out.” “The information contained in these narratives could be the missing piece to solving some of these murders,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. AUSTIN – The Texas Rangers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and the United States Department of Justice are releasing new details in more than a dozen unsolved murders committed by serial killer Samuel Little, AKA Samuel McDowell, in hopes of bringing closure to these cases.