Serial killer confesses to nine more murders

A man already in a US prison and with a long history of sex crimes has admitted killing nine people in cold cases dating back at least 30 years.

Timothy Krajcir, 63, originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in Illinois to first-degree murder over the 1982 strangling of a Southern Illinois University student.

Later, authorities in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, announced Krajcir had already admitted killing five women in the Mississippi River town in 1977 and 1982.

Police Chief Carl Kinnison also said Krajcir admitted to three killings “in other jurisdictions”.