Dellmus Charles Colvin (born August 3, 1959) is an American serial killer who, during his employment as a truck driver, kidnapped and murdered at least six women in Ohio between 2000 and 2005.
In April 2004, he was arrested after a woman contacted police, claiming that Colvin kidnapped her from a truck stop, robbing, beating and attempting to rape her, but she managed to escape.
During said trial, the Lucas County Attorney General's Office, which suspected Colvin was responsible for more murders due to his occupation as a truck driver, proposed a plea bargain in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table.
[13] In June 2010, Colvin was charged with the cold case murder of 27-year-old Donna Lee White, who was killed on September 15, 1987, in Atlantic City.
In his statement, he claimed to have met Donna while working as a taxi driver, after which he made the girl an offer to go to his apartment, where they would drink and have sex, to which she supposedly agreed.
[15] Based on his testimony, in April 2011, Dellmus Colvin was convicted of White's murder and received an additional 30 years imprisonment, to be served concurrently with his life sentences.
[16] In September 2020, during a telephone conversation with podcaster Phil Chalmers, Colvin claimed that, between 1983 and 2005, he killed 52 girls and women across the United States.
Following Colvin's statement, the LaSalle County Sheriff authorized a search at the designated dump site, resulting in two bones, believed to belong to a woman's skeleton, were found by law enforcement officials.