Ronald Hinton (born September 17, 1972) is an American serial killer who raped and strangled to death three women in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago between 1996 and 1999, two of which he committed with accomplices. He was arrested soon after his last murder, with DNA evidence conclusively proving his guilt in the others. To avoid a death sentence, Hinton pleaded guilty to each murder in 2004 and was subsequently handed down three life terms.