# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-john-schaefer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:51:23.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-john-schaefer"
name: "Gerard John Schaefer"
slug: "gerard-john-schaefer"
description: "Gerard John Schaefer Jr. was an American murderer and suspected serial killer, known as the Killer Cop, the Hangman and the Butcher of Blind Creek, who was convicted of the 1972 murder and mutilation of two teenage girls in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is suspected of up to twenty-six other murders."
tagline: "American serial killer (1946–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerard_John_Schaefer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-03-25"
deathDate: "1995-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.96
  momentum:             0.8655855855855856
  historical:           10.142736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيرارد جون شايفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "জেরার্ড জন শেফার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'רארד ג'ון שייפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_John_Schaefer"
    title: "Gerard John Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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