Norman Roye (September 6, 1935 – January 19, 1956) was an American serial killer who raped and killed three women in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan over the winter and spring of 1954.

[2] Around his junior year of high school Roye began a habit of committing petty crimes, which eventually landed him in a state reformatory in November 1951.

Roye would state that around this time he began to commit purse snatches and thefts from parked trucks in New York City.

On January 2, 1954, Roye was prowling through an apartment complex in Harlem when he began stalking Margaret Branch, 40, who was walking home alone.

He forced her into the parking lot, raped her twice, then tied her hands behind her back and strangled her to death.

According to Roye's confession, he said he did not intend to kill Goomes, but claimed when he tightened the noose she, "just died on me.

[6] In a jailhouse interview with his sister, Roye denied making a confession, stating, "they found my pants in the hallway."