By: Isabel Garcia

 Birth: Born in West Virginia in October 1953  Married Cynthia Bartlett in January 1974  Divorced her in 1980  Short after he began raping, and then finally murdering.  Arrested in November 1984: in jail for life. (Bio.com)

 Long moved in with his mother to Florida when he was 2.  He spent his year traveling between Florida and West Virginia due to his parent’s sporadic relationship.  Long and his mother shared a bed until he was 13  Long developed a hatred for women specially his mother since she was always bringing different men home with her (Bio.com).

 Long failed the first grade, and soon after he was hit by a vehicle and hospitalized  One year later he was hit by a car  High School drop-out: 17 (Bio.com)

 While he was dating his future wife to be. Long was accused of raping another woman but could not be convicted for lack of evidence.  A year after they married, they became parents of two children, around this time Long got in a serious motorcycle accident. (Bio.com)

 After this accident he apparently became very short-tempered, and physically violent. His wife described him as having a “dangerous sex-drive”  He moved in with his female friend which later accused him of rape.  In 1984 he committed premeditated rape. Looking for victims on the “For Sale” signs.  Long committed more than 50 rapes during this period (Bio.com).

 Spring of 1984, he committed his first murder, and he continued on a killing spree for 8 months. (Bio.com)

 White  Male  30 years old  Killed for sexual pleasure (Bio.com) Hubpages.com

 He was looking for women. Specifically prostitutes, stripers, or drug users. All very vulnerable women. (Bio.com)

 He didn't have a very definite way to “woo” his victims. He would usually just offer them rides. Since these were vulnerable women they very easily went with him. (Bio.com)

He would capture the victim and threaten then either with a gun or a knife. Then he would rape them. (Bio.com)

 After raping the victim. He would strangulate the women until they died. (Bio.com)

 It was found that in some of the victims' throats were cut after the incident. But not much more was done to the body. (Bio.com)

 Long is known to have killed 10 or more women, and also raped around 50 women.  Long was a stable killer. He mainly stayed in the Tamba Bay region. (Bio.com)

 He did has an M.O. Which consisted of raping and strangulation to prostitute women.  BUT he would pick these women at random. Not planned.  Sometimes he would shoot them, but sometimes he would cut their throats, that would change depending on what he wanted (Bio.com)

 Serving multiple life prison sentences.  Though he received 2 death sentences, his execution has been delayed by several appeals over the past several years. He remains on Florida’s death row. (Bio.com)

 He did not kill one of his lasts victim. He basically treated her like a sex slave for 26 consecutive hours. Where he would rape her repeatedly.  It was this victim’s testimony that led the police to Long.  Some theorize that by letting her go…he wanted to get caught. (Bio.com)

 "Bobby Joe Long Biography-Facts, Birthday, Life Story." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 5 May  "Profile of a Serial Killer - Part 3 - Bobby Joe Long." HubPages. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 May