Jake Bird, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJake Bird
American serial killer
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1901
Place of Birth: Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jul-1949
Profession: serial killer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jake Bird
- Jake Bird (December 14, 1901 – July 15, 1949) was an American self-confessed serial killer who was tried and executed for the axe murders of Bertha Kludt (age 53) and her daughter Beverly June Kludt (17) in Tacoma, Washington on October 30, 1947.
- Bird may have killed as many as 46 people. Criminologist Eric W.
- Hickey, Ph.D, Director of Alliant International University's Center for Forensic Studies, wrote about how the Bird case challenges stereotypes of serial killers, who are mostly thought to be Caucasian males, whereas African-American killers typically are associated with urban violence.
- Hickey wrote, "Revelations that Jake Bird, a black man, had actually stalked and killed dozens of white women in the 1940s in dozens of states...continue[s] to challenge traditionally held profiles of serial killers."
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