by journalists and the police, who pointed out that Al-Khatib had claimed that he had killed Al-Khayyat by beating him to death with a hammer, while an autopsy had definitively determined that he had been stabbed with a knife. This, and the lack of strong evidence of a forced confession, has led doubts to the credibility of the innocence theory. See also List of serial killers by country References 1972 births 1971 births 2000 deaths 2001 deaths 20th-century criminals Criminal duos Jordanian serial killers Male serial killers Female serial killers Jordanian murderers of children Jordanian people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by Jordan People convicted of robbery People convicted of theft Executed Jordanian serial killers 21st-century executions by Jordan People executed by Jordan by hanging Serial killers who died in prison custody Violence against women in Jordan People from Zarqa