Nathaniel Robert Code Jr. (born March 12, 1956) is an American serial killer and rapist who committed between eight and twelve murders in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, between 1984 and 1987.

[4] As a child, Code, who was nicknamed Junior, was noted for his tendencies to stop in the middle of a sentence and stare blankly for a while before continuing.

[9] In July 1975, Code was charged with aggravated rape and burglary in connection with the assault of a 20-year-old woman on June 30.

[11] During the night of August 31, 1984 Code entered the home of 25-year-old Debra Ann Ford by pulling open a screen on the bathroom window.

[12] After a confrontation in the living room, Code bound Ford's hands and placed a gag on her mouth, then stabbed her multiple times and slit her throat.

"[13] With minimal evidence to pinpoint the perpetrator, a reward of $1,000 was put forward for information leading to an arrest.

In the early hours of July 19, 1985, Code committed a mass murder on 72nd Street on Cedar Grove.

Carlitha Culbert was found lying on her stomach, with her hands bound behind her back with an electrical cord from an iron.

Her dress contained a large amount of Carlitha Culbert's blood, indicating she was alive and present during her daughter's death.

"[17] According to retired FBI profiler John E. Douglas, the murders of Debra Ann Ford and Carlitha Culbert showed striking similarities, in his words "manipulation, domination, and control of the victims — a calling card.

Finally, with John Douglas' information that modus operandi was the same to Debra Ford's murder, Code's fingerprints were compared, and they matched as well.

[25] They also argued that, if he were to be found guilty, Code should not be sentenced to death due to him having several mental problems, including borderline personality disorder.

[26] The jury of five men and seven women took only one hour to find Code guilty of four first-degree murder charges.

[27] In July 1991 Code filed an appeal, in which he alleged that he had been overwhelmed during the trial which caused him to make bad legal decisions.

In August 1994, a Shreveport judge scheduled Code to be executed by lethal injection on September 29 that year.

[31] In 2013, Code was one of three inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary to file lawsuits against the extremely hot temperatures in prison.

[32] Family members of Code's victims expressed their extreme rejections toward the request, mentioning what he did to put himself on death row.

He did that when he decided to take my sister's life and my brother, my niece, Billy Joe Harris, Deborah Ford, Mr. William, and the other two little boys.