Neal Martin Falls (September 24, 1969 – July 18, 2015)[4] was an American suspected serial killer who was shot and killed in self-defense by Heather Saul, a woman in Charleston, West Virginia.
In April 2015, Falls underwent retraining courses to continue working as a security guard in the private sector in Oregon, but that summer he moved first to Texas and then to West Virginia.
[6] Shortly after moving to West Virginia, Falls met a sex worker named Heather Saul online and tracked down her address.
[7] When police officers searched the inside of his car, they allegedly found a machete, axes, knives, a shovel, a sledgehammer, bleach, plastic trash bags, bulletproof vests, clean white socks, and underwear.
[9][10] A list containing the names of six women involved in sex work and their contacts on social networks was found in Falls' pocket, which, according to the prosecutor's office, may have been intended victims.
Falls' time in Kansas overlapped with a murder that had occurred there, and his appearance corresponded to the suspect's image, but no physical evidence was located to corroborate these speculations.
[6][12] Based on the circumstances surrounding Falls' death, law enforcement conducted an extensive investigation into his background to determine his culpability in any unsolved murders and disappearances of women.
He was also suspected in the unsolved murders and disappearances of women around Chillicothe, Ohio, located about two hours from Charleston, West Virginia, where Falls lived when he died.