Jarvis Theodore Roosevelt Catoe, sometimes referred to as the D.C. Strangler, was an American serial killer. While the true number of Catoe's victims is unknown, it is speculated that he could be responsible for numerous murders in the D.C. area after moving there in 1929 to live with his brother. According to Catoe himself, his modus operandi was to visit landladies posing as a handyman, and once they took him to a room to do work he would strangle them to death. He was convicted of first degree murder and abuse in the March 8, 1941, slaying of Rose Abramovitz. He reportedly acted normally until he sustained a head injury in 1925. Afterwards he began to show odd behavior, and is believed to have killed his first victim just 4 years later.