Thursday 5th of July 1984 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Jerry Howell is abducted, tortured and killed by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Saturday 22nd of June 1985 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Mark Wallace is abducted, tortured and killed by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Monday 15th of April 1985 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Robert Sheldon is suffocated by a plastic bag by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Sheldon was drugged with sedatives and held captive in the second floor bedroom for three days, enduring forms of torture such as the swabbing of drain cleaner in his left eye, the insertion of needles beneath his fingertips, the binding of his wrists with piano wire with the intention of permanently damaging the nerves in his hands and filling his ears with caulking to reduce his hearing capacity.
Thursday 26th of September 1985 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher James Ferris is abducted, tortured and killed by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Berdella brought Ferris home and drugged him with crushed tranquilizers he had concealed in a meal an then tied him to his bed before torturing him almost constantly for approximately 27 hours. The torture included repeated administering of 7.700-volt electrical shocks to the shoulder and testicles for up to five minutes in each instance and acupuncture via hypodermic needles to the neck and genitals.
Tuesday 17th of June 1986 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Todd Stoops is kidnapped and held tortured by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Stoops' torture endured prior to his death included electric shocks via a spatula placed across his eyelid in an unsuccessful attempt to blind him. Stoops died of a combination of blood loss and infection on 1 July.
Tuesday 23rd of June 1987 (x) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Larry Pearson is tied up and tortured by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
Berdella ensured Pearson became intoxicated before injecting him with chlorpromazine and moving him down to his basement where he drugged and tortured Pearson for six weeks.
Wednesday 5th of August 1987 (-) — Victim of Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher Larry Pearson is suffocated by a plastic bag by Robert Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher
After six weeks of captivity Pearson deeply bit into Berdella's penis before screaming he could not continue to tolerate being treated in this manner. In response Berdella killed Pearson by first bludgeoning him into unconsciousness with a tree limb, then suffocating him with a bag and ligature, before driving to hospital to receive treatment for his wound.
