ON "60 MINUTES" SUNDAY: THE RACE IS ON TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE 93 VICTIMS OF A 79-YEAR-OLD SERIAL KILLER WHO MAY BE AMERICA'S MOST PROLIFIC

Texas Ranger Who Coaxed Samuel Little to Confess to Those Murders Appears in His First Television Interview

Texas Ranger James Holland has heard confessions from many, many murderers. But now one is telling the ranger he's committed 93 murders himself - making him perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. The race is on to identify all of the women Samuel Little says he murdered, while the 79-year-old remains alive and continues to cooperate. Holland tells Sharyn Alfonsi in his first television interview how he got Little to open up about his victims, for a story to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Oct. 6 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Information Holland has gathered from Little has led to 50 cold case murders being solved. There are more Little says he committed that, if resolved, would give victims' relatives answers and exonerate any innocent people who may have been wrongly convicted for the murders.

Holland says he broke through to Little by agreeing with him that he was not a rapist but truly a killer. This tack seemed to unlock the place where he kept detailed, almost photographic memories of every woman he killed. Holland describes Little's process: "There's indications of visualization, of when he's thinking about a crime scene. He'll start stroking his face. And as he's starting to picture a victim, you'll see him look out and up. And you can tell he has this revolving carousel of victims, and it's just spinning, and he's waiting for it to stop at the one that he wants to talk about."

Little can count all of his victims, even still hear them, says Holland. A big aid in identifying victims has been Little's ability to sketch very close likenesses of the women. Holland shows Alfonsi a collection of Little's drawings, a collection he hopes will grow.

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