Category: Serial Killers
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CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual assault, murder, young male victims, concealment of remains, and capital punishment. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. The Chicago-Area Murders John Wayne Gacy was convicted in Illinois of murdering 33 young men and boys. Most of the known victims were buried in the crawl space and elsewhere on his…
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A victim-centered deep dive into Randy Steven Kraft, the freeway murders, the cryptic scorecard, forensic evidence, 16 murder convictions, death sentence, and the much larger suspected victim count.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Israel Keyes, Samantha Koenig, Bill and Lorraine Currier, his Washington and Alaska ties, hidden murder kits, cross-country travel, and the unidentified victims investigators are still trying to connect.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, the Wilseyville bunker, the disappearances and murders attributed to them, the videotaped evidence, Ng’s extradition and trial, and the uncertain victim count.
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A victim-centered deep dive into William Suff, the Riverside County murders, the women targeted along Southern California corridors, the investigation, convictions, death sentence, and unresolved questions.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Lonnie Franklin Jr., the Grim Sleeper murders, the South Los Angeles victims, the surviving witness, DNA and ballistics evidence, familial DNA search, trial, and sentencing.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker attacks, the multi-jurisdiction investigation, fingerprint breakthrough, public manhunt, trial, sentencing, and the mythology that grew around the case.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Joseph DeAngelo, the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker cases, decades of investigative fragmentation, forensic DNA, investigative genetic genealogy, guilty pleas, and sentencing.
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A victim-centered deep dive into the Zodiac case: the four canonical attacks, letters and ciphers, confirmed versus suspected victims, major suspects, and what remains unresolved.
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A victim-centered deep dive into Robert Lee Yates Jr., the Spokane murders, the women targeted along East Sprague Avenue, the investigation, plea agreement, Pierce County convictions, and what remains disputed.