Vernon Lee Clark (born December 28, 1955) is an American serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered at least four women in the Baltimore metropolitan area between 1980 and 1989.

For his known crimes, he was sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment, and remains a suspect in several cold cases.

His criminal tendencies followed him to adulthood, and was convicted of crimes including drug possession, burglary, and assault.

He also worked for a short period of time at C & S Faulkner inc.[3] Clark's first victim was Rebecca H. "Dolly" Davis, a 70-year-old woman from Elkridge.

Born in 1909, Davis attended Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932.

The discovery of her body led to women in the area becoming fearful that the killer would strike again, and many installed deadbolt locks on their doors.

On July 4, 1989, Clark broke into the apartment of 23-year-old Kathleen Patricia Gouldin, sexually assaulted her, and then shot her to death with the gun.

[7] The woman told investigators that Clark took the box home along with a few slices, but by the time it was located it was empty.

[7] Around this time, samples of bodily fluid and semen found on Gouldin's body were compared to Clark's DNA.

When the results came back, they were proven to be a complete match, and Clark was arrested on January 26, 1990, and charged with first degree murder.

[6] After his arrest, police started to suspect him in other local murder cases that dated back to the mid-1970s, although at the time, no evidence could be located to prove this.