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S.C. Serial Killer Spent His Last Days Partying
Patrick Tracy Burris spent his last days taking drugs in a partying binge. When police found him early Monday in an abandoned house near Dallas, N.C., he was so impaired he could barely walk.
July 8, 2009
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Forensic Lab IDs 7th Victim of Milwaukee Serial Killer
A seventh victim has been linked to the case of Milwaukee's 23-year-old unsolved serial killer who is known as the North Side Strangler.
May 19, 2009
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LAPD Ties 72-year-old Man to Two Waves of Serial Killings
DNA leads detectives to John Thomas Jr., 72. He is held in two slayings, but police suspect he may have killed up to 30 elderly Westside and Claremont women a decade apart.
April 30, 2009
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Woman Disputes Sister's Claim Their Father Was the Zodiac Killer
A Southern California woman's accusation this week that her long-dead stepfather was the Zodiac killer just took on a new, strange twist: Another daughter of the man is coming forward to angrily denounce the charge.
April 30, 2009
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1987 Tape May Help LAPD Catch Serial Killer
In the more than two decades since Los Angeles police detectives began the search for a serial killer stalking young prostitutes in South L.A., they have had few breaks. One night in 1987, however, offered a tantalizing, agonizing clue.
February 26, 2009
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Alabama Murder Suspect Who Escaped at Courthouse Captured After Manhunt
Birmingham police captured suspected killer and courthouse escapee Lakendall Sims about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday near Lipscomb, just inside the Birmingham city limits after more than a day on the run.
September 17, 2008
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Los Angeles Offers $500K Reward to Help Catch Serial Killer
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a $500,000 reward to help catch a serial killer believed responsible for 11 slayings in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over the last two decades.
September 3, 2008
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The Freight Train Riders of America
Like the muffled whispers about the "Black Hand" of the Mafia in the Italian community, the "train freaks" whispered of a gang of outlaws that lived to ride the freight trains in the West. They were robbers, burglars, and hijackers with colorful names. Cross one of their members, and they would get you.
November 29, 2007
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Killer Stops
There is probably no more misunderstood law enforcement duty than traffic enforcement. Cops who perform this duty often think of it as tedious and futile. And the motorists who are pulled over for traffic violations feel like they are being picked on and tapped for fines that fill local government coffers.
May 31, 2006
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Muhammad Gets Six Life Terms in Maryland Trial
Twice-convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad was sentenced Thursday to six consecutive life terms in prison with no possibility of parole, a sentence prosecutors consider insurance in case his Virginia death sentence is ever overturned.
May 31, 2006
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Death Penalty Upheld for Beltway Sniper
The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld John Allen Muhammad’s capital murder convictions and death penalty for his involvement in the October 2002 D.C.-area sniper shootings.
April 21, 2005
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Two Sentenced in Beltway Sniper Case
John Allen Muhammad, 43, was sentenced to death and Lee Boyd Malvo, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for their roles in the Washington D.C.-area sniper spree that killed 10 people in 2002.
March 11, 2004
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