Gerald Pizzuto

Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. (born January 11, 1956) is an American serial killer convicted of four murders committed in both Idaho and Washington after his release from prison for a Michigan rape conviction. In the Washington city of Seattle, Pizzuto had strangled 51-year-old Rita Drury to death in March 1985, and also fatally shot 31-year-old John Jones weeks later. Subsequently, in Marsing, Idaho, Pizzuto committed the double murder of 58-year-old Alberta Herndon and her 37-year-old nephew Delbert Herndon in July 1985.

Pizzuto was arrested through a manhunt days after the double murder, and he faced varied murder charges in both Washington and Idaho for the killings he committed. For the murders of the Herndons, Pizzuto was sentenced to death by Idaho, and he was also convicted of killing both Drury (on the first degree) and Jones (on the second degree) and sentenced to more than 69 years in prison by the trial courts of Washington. He is currently on Idaho's death row pending his execution, which has been stayed due to legal issues.