# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-kearney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:43:27.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-kearney"
name: "Patrick Kearney"
slug: "patrick-kearney"
description: "Patrick Wayne Kearney, also called the Trash Bag Killer and the Freeway Killer, is an American serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered a minimum of twenty-eight young men and boys in southern California between 1962 and 1977. Kearney often engaged in necrophilia with his victims' bodies before disemboweling and dismembering them. He frequently wrapped his victims' severed limbs in trash bags and scattered them in various locations, mainly along state highways."
tagline: "American serial killer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Wayne_Kearney.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1939-09-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.38
  momentum:             4.199797066691265
  historical:           9.487517333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Кирни, Патрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84)"
    title: "باتريك كيارني (قاتل متسلسل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "باتريك كيارنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Wayne_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Wayne Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney"
    title: "Patrick Kearney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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