Escherichia coli

Full Name: Escherichia coli

Aliases: E. coli

Crime family: Bacteria

Crime: E. coli causes serious food poisoning in humans.

Victims: 2,000 Americans are hospitalized, causing an average of 60 deaths annually.

Last Known Whereabouts: Food products associated with E. coli outbreaks include raw ground beef, raw seed sprouts or spinach, cookie dough, unpasteurized juice, milk, and cheese, nuts, and foods contaminated by infected food workers via fecal-oral route.