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South Carolina Serial Killer Has Residents Terrified, Holed Up Their Homes

South Carolina Serial Killer Has Residents Terrified, Holed Up Their Homes

Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.

Tanya Phillips had been looking forward to a backyard barbecue at her brother's house but instead planned to stay home with her doors locked.

 

Police to look into new Zodiac Killer claim

A Southern California woman said Wednesday that her late father was the infamous Zodiac killer who terrorized the San Francisco ...

 

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.

The first wave of slayings haunted Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. The killer slipped mostly unseen through the night, preying on older women who lived alone. He raped them and squeezed their necks until they passed out or died.

 

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