Peter Kudzinowski

Peter Kudzinowski (1903 – December 21, 1929) was a Polish-born American serial killer who committed his crimes in New Jersey. Kudzinowski worked as a railroad section hand and as a miner. He had a brother Julian who lived in Greenwood, near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Kudzinowski killed three children: Kudzinowski was a suspect in the disappearance of Billy Gaffney, who vanished in 1927; Albert Fish would later claim to have murdered Gaffney. Both serial killers worked in the same time frame and in the same geographic area and killed children. He was also a suspect in the murder of Irving Pickelny, who disappeared from Brooklyn in February 1927. Kudzinowski was captured in Detroit, Michigan, confessed, and was brought to Jersey City for...