John Arthur Getreu

John Arthur Getreu is an American serial killer and rapist who is believed to have commited at least 3 murders and 4 rapes between 1963 to 1974. His preferred method of execution for his victims was strangulation. He was also a rapist.

Getreu was 18 years old when first convicted of a rape and murder of a 16 year old girl named margaret williams in germany while his father was stationed there for which he was tried by the german court system and only sentenced to 10 years in prison however he was released early. In 1973 he sexually assaulted and murdered 21 year old Leslie Perlov and in 1974 he sexually assaulted and murdered 21 year old Janet Taylor (however he would not be identified as the perpatrator of those murders until novermber 2018. when he was linked to the dna found on thier bodies), in 1975 he was convicted of statuatory rape of a teenage girl.