Robert White

Robert Jimmy White Jr. (born August 9, 1960) is an American serial killer who beat three women to death in Hartford, Connecticut, between 1997 and 2013, all while out on parole for a 1980 manslaughter conviction. After his arrest, he confessed when confronted with DNA evidence and received two 50-year sentences.

Crimes Death of Betty Robertson On the afternoon of April 23, 1980, White, then 19 years old, walked into a bar on Albany Avenue looking for a woman to rape. That was when he noticed 46-year-old Betty Jo Robertson sitting alone and he began talking to her. He persuaded Robertson to let him walk her home, and after they both left, White pulled Robertson into a secluded location and attempted to assault her. Her attempts to resist White led to him biting, scratching, and grabbing her until he threw her to ground, smashing her head into the concrete sidewalk. White fled and witnesses who saw the attack phoned authorities, who rushed Robertson to the hospital. She died from her injures the next day. The following year, White was found guilty of first-degree sexual assault in an unrelated case and was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. He was released in 2011.

After his release, White befriended and began dating 60-year-old Sawarie Krichindath, and the two eventually moved in together since he could not afford a home for himself.

In February 2013, White and Krichindath had an argument which escalated when White began choking and stabbing her in the neck, killing her.

Exposure After his sentence, White was required to submit his DNA into the state database. After confessing to Crawford's murder, police questioned White about any other crimes he committed, and he subsequently confessed to killing Sonia Rivera. In 2018, White entered an alford plea for these crimes and was sentenced to another 50 years in prison.