This is a comprehensive, chronological list of deaths that have occurred within Freeform's Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood and Max's Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Body Count: A total of 20 real deaths and 4 fake deaths that have happened over the course of 160 episodes.
# (episode) | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
1 | Alice |
Prior to "Pilot" |
Stabbed with a knife *Blood loss |
Alice's Twin *Had a feud over their dolls |
2 | Teddy Carver |
Prior to "Pilot" |
Unknown | Jessica DiLaurentis *Presumably; blamed it on Mary |
3 | Marion Cavanaugh |
Prior to "Pilot" |
Pushed from Radley Sanitarium's roof | Bethany Young *Mental illness |
4 | Carol Ward |
Prior to "Pilot" |
Unknown | Natural causes |
5 | Bethany Young | Prior to "Pilot" (Sept 1, 2009) |
Hit with a shovel, then buried alive *She wore Alison's yellow top, stolen from Charlotte |
Mona Vanderwaal (attempted killer) *Thought Bethany was Alison and Melissa Hastings (burier) *Thought Spencer was the killer |
6 | Esther Potter | After "Careful What U Wish 4" (Early 2011) |
Heart attack | Natural Causes *Old age |
7 | Ian Thomas | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Early 2011) |
Suicide by gun | Himself *Crime scene and suicide letter planted by Mona |
8 | Maya St. Germain | Before "UnmAsked" (Apr 13, 2011) |
Broken Windpipe | Lyndon James *Was her ex-boyfriend and stalker |
9 | Lyndon James | "The Lady Killer" (October 2011) |
Stabbed in the stomach |
Emily Fields *Self-defense |
10 | Garrett Reynolds | "This Is A Dark Ride" (Oct 31, 2011) |
Shot by gun | Darren Wilden *Garrett found out about Wilden's corrupt behavior |
11 | Darren Wilden | "'A' is for A-l-i-v-e" (November 2011) |
Shot twice by gun | Charlotte DiLaurentis *Wilden betrayed Charlotte and was willing to hurt Alison to get his way. |
12 | Jessica DiLaurentis | "A is for Answers" (November 2011) |
Heart stopping caused by a dose of Losartan | Mary Drake (killer) *Was angry that Jessica lied about Charles being dead, so she switched Jessica's medication. Charlotte DiLaurentis (burier) *Could've buried her to protect Mary or did it to say goodbye to her. |
13 | Shana Fring | "EscApe From New York" (November 2011) |
Blood loss caused by severe head trauma *The fall was due to a gun hit |
Aria Montgomery *To save The Liars from being murdered themselves |
14 | Wayne Fields | Prior to "Of Late I Think Of Rosewood" (Around 2014–15) |
Unknown | N/A |
15 | Charlotte DiLaurentis | "Of Late I Think Of Rosewood" (September 12, 2017) |
Accidentally impaled neck with a metal rod whilst fighting *The body was thrown from the bell tower |
Mona Vanderwaal *Tried to protect herself and The Liars from her and end up killing her in self-defense. |
16 | Archer Dunhill | "The Talented Mr. Rollins" (2017) |
Hit with a car *The body smashed into the windshield |
Hanna Marin *Unintentionally hit Archer while searching for him and Alison |
17 | Sara Harvey | "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (2017) |
Trauma to the head *The body was left in a bathtub at Radley |
Noel Kahn |
18 | Noel Kahn | "The DArkest Knight" (2017) |
Decapitation *Fell on his own axe, head left rolling down the stairs |
Hanna Marin and Emily Fields *Tried to fight him off, causing him to trip and fall onto the axe |
19 | Yvonne Phillips | "Hold Your Piece" (2017) |
Complications from car crash *Awoke from coma, yet later died |
Trauma |
20 | Wren Kingston | Prior to "'Til Death Do Us Part" (Around 2017–18) |
Hit with a pipe *Cut his windpipe; later turned his ashes into a diamond[1] |
Alex Drake *Wren always saw Alex as Alex and not as Spencer, so she killed him in anger |
Type | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
Symbolic/Fake death | Charles DiLaurentis |
Prior to "Pilot" |
Suicide via pills | Himself *Faked his death to become Charlotte DiLaurentis. Jessica "buried" Charles at Aunt Carol's |
Fake death | Alison DiLaurentis | Prior to "Pilot" (Sept 1, 2009) |
Buried alive *Saved by Carla Grunwald *Missing for 2+ years |
Charlotte DiLaurentis (attempted killer) *Thought Alison was Bethany and Jessica DiLaurentis (burier) *Protected Charlotte |
Fake death | Toby Cavanaugh | "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (November 2011) |
Suspected motorcycle accident *It was a motorcyclist's body and Toby was alive the whole time |
Trauma |
Fake death | Mona Vanderwaal | "Taking This One to the Grave" (Thanksgiving Day 2011) |
The police wrote it as "blood loss" *A plan made by Mona and Big A |
Charlotte DiLaurentis *Took her to A's Dollhouse |
The Perfectionists
Perfect Little Body Count: There has been a total of 2 deaths and 1 faked death over the course of the series.
# (episode) | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
1 | Nolan Hotchkiss | "Pilot" | Impaled: blood loss or trauma *Pushed off the roof of Throne Hall: impaled by spikes |
The Professor |
2 | Peter Hotchkiss | Prior to "Pilot" | Shot to death *Involved in a mugged: DOA |
Random attacker |
Type | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
Fake Death | Taylor Hotchkiss | One-year before "Pilot" | Jumped off the Haskell Road Bridge | Herself * Faked her death to further investigate Hotchkiss Technologies |
Ravenswood
Body Count: There has been a total of 10 deaths that have occurred over 10 episodes.
# (series) | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
1 | Max | Before "Pilot" | Unknown | Unknown |
2 | Miranda Collins | "Pilot" | Trauma *Car drove off the side of a bridge and into a lake: died on impact |
Accidental |
3 | Miranda Collins (ancestor) | 1918 | Drowned | Victim of The Curse |
4 | Caleb Rivers (ancestor) | 1918 | Drowned | Victim of The Curse |
5, 6, 7 | Rachel Willis, Jeremiah Jones and Caroline Sehlegal | 1918 | Drowned | Victims of The Curse |
8 | Gabriel Abaddon | (1900s) | Unknown | Unknown *Presumably old age |
9 | Charles Matheson | Before "Pilot" (2013) |
Stabbed in the chest | Murdered by Dillon Sanders *Charles knew about the curse and planned to break it. Dillion murdered him to keep that from happening. |
10 | Dillon Sanders | "My Haunted Heart" (2014) |
Trauma | Hit by a train/Staged suicide *Max lured Dillion to the train tracks where he was hit and killed by an incoming train |
Original Sin
Body Count: There has been a total of 9 deaths that have occurred within 10 episodes.
# (series) | Victim's Name | Episode | Cause of Death | Killer and Motive |
1 | Angela Waters (December 31, 1999) |
"Chapter One: Spirit Week" | Jumped off catwalk | Herself *Suicide |
2 | Davie Adams (August 28th, 2022) |
"Chapter One: Spirit Week" | Wrists slit | Suicide *Felt guilty over Angela Waters's death after receiving a flyer |
3 | Jason
(September 29th, 2022) |
"Chapter One: Spirit Week" | Stabbed in the chest/throat slit | 'A' *Followed A into his lair and was caught |
4 | Karen Beasley (October 3, 2022) |
"Chapter Two: The Spirit Queen" | Pushed off rafters | 'A' *Was a bully |
5 | Tyler Marchand (October 31, 2022) |
"Chapter Five: The Night He Came Home" | Asphyxiation | 'A' *Was harassing the Little Liars |
6 | Joseph England (November 2022) |
"Chapter Eight: Bad Blood" | Hung | Unknown *Suicide or murder |
7 | Unnamed Deputy (December 25, 2022) |
"Chapter Ten: Final Girls" | Stabbed | 'A' *Was guarding Archie’s hospital room |
8 | Tom Beasley (December 25, 2022) |
"Chapter Ten: Final Girls" | Stabbed in the chest/stomach | 'A' *Sexually assaulted Angela before she killed herself |
9 | Chip Langsberry (December 25, 2022) |
"Chapter Ten: Final Girls" | Stabbed | 'A' *Sexually assaulted Tabby and Imogen; subsequently impregnating Imogen |