Nathaniel White

Active in the Hudson Valley region, in and near Orange County, New York, during the early 1990s, White confessed to beating and stabbing six women to death while on parole.

"[3] This first killing took place on March 25, 1991—after White had been convicted of abducting a 16-year-old girl, but before he started his prison sentence—and police did not make the connection at the time.

In a plea bargain that would later be heavily criticized, White had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for the abduction and would therefore be eligible for parole after just one year.

Her family reported her missing on July 1, 1992, and her body was discovered off of Echo Lake Road in Goshen, New York, on August 4.

[7] Cousins Angelina Hopkins and Brenda Whiteside met White at the Blue Note Tavern in Poughkeepsie, New York, on July 20, 1992.

Poughkeepsie police did not act on the missing person report as they did not have enough information about the men, so Cecilia and her mother continued investigating on their own.

[9] White was charged with six counts of second degree murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, he was defended by Bernard Brady of Goshen, New York.

[6][10][1] White's case was cited by New York governor George Pataki in defense of his push to reinstate the death penalty.