# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-carpenter-q1173934
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:01:05.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-carpenter-q1173934"
name: "David Carpenter"
slug: "david-carpenter-q1173934"
description: "David Joseph Carpenter, also called the Trailside Killer, is an American serial killer and sex offender who raped and murdered various victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1979 and 1981. He was sentenced to death for seven murders and is believed to be responsible for several more."
tagline: "American serial killer on death row"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJCarpenter1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.72
  momentum:             0.4525441676419775
  historical:           8.741846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Карпентер, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ديفيد كاربنتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "ديفيد كاربنتر (قاتل متسلسل من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carpenter"
    title: "David Carpenter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carpenter"
    title: "David Carpenter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Joseph_Carpenter"
    title: "David Joseph Carpenter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Դեյվիդ Կարպենտեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carpenter"
    title: "David Carpenter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Joseph_Carpenter"
    title: "David Joseph Carpenter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump