Clayton Mills was a pedophilic serial killer, serial rapist, and serial kidnapper.
History[]
Mills worked as a school photographer, using his position to scope out his victims. Mills would kidnap young girls and hold them hostage for three days, photographing them in different costumes and throwing them "birthday parties", before raping and murdering most of them. Mills always fed them candy, particularly corn candy which was always found at the site. Because of this, his teeth suffered damage and he was easily recognized.
Countdown[]
In 2001, after a kidnapping victim Sophie Douglas escaped from him. Not want to risk being exposed, he fled the scene, while Sophie was taken to a hospital.
After an exhausting search, SVU discovered his pattern and found his job, prompting him to kidnap another girl soon after to escape New York. He also killed Mrs. Rapoport, the elderly woman whose house he had been staying at after she discovered his activities. With help from other detectives, SVU found out his identity. They lured him out and the girl he kidnapped was rescued with no injuries and he was arrested by SVU detectives.
After disclosing the location of his first murder victim, Mills pleaded guilty to the murders to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. (SVU: "Countdown")
Known Victims[]
- Pre-1996, New York borough unknown: Lehr (first name unknown; buried her body in a forest)
- Unknown date in 1996, Queens: Bonnie Weathers (dumped her body in a warehouse)
- February 1998, the Bronx: Rhonda Simmons
- August 1999, Brooklyn: Sheila Wells
- August 2000, Long Island: Kira Bly
- 2001, Manhattan:
- February 15-18: Sophie Douglas (kidnapped and raped; she escaped)
- February 19-21: Kirsten Guzek (kidnapped; was rescued)
- February 21: Mrs. Rapoport (bludgeoned to death)