Alfredo Prieto
Alfredo Rolando Prieto (November 18, 1965 – October 1, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American serial killer. After being initially convicted for a single murder, he would later be connected to eight other murders committed in Virginia and California between May 1988 and September 1990 via DNA profiling. Sentenced to death in both states, Prieto was executed by lethal injection in Virginia in 2015. Biography Alfredo Prieto was born on November 18, 1965, in San Martín, San Salvador, El Salvador to parents Arnoldo and Teodora Prieto, who had five other children. He spent his childhood and adolescence in poverty, since his parents experienced heavy financial difficulties during the Football War. Prieto's mother left El Salvador in 1975 due to her husband’s abuse and emigrated to the United States. During the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War, Alfredo reportedly witnessed many civilians being killed, including his grandfather. Prieto would subsequently be diagnosed with PTSD. In 1981, his mother retrieved her children from El Salvador, settling in Pomona, California, where Alfredo and his siblings attended Pomona High School. During high school, Prieto became addicted to drugs and alcohol. Around this time, he and his brother Guillermo met Sandra Figueroa, whose brothers were members of