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JESPERSON Keith Hunter: Getting to know a serial killer
US/CA/SanJose – There was no texting, no whispering, no staring into space by the 30 Duquesne University students seated around a black speaker phone in Room 607 of Fisher Hall. On the line was the special guest lecturer for the … Continue reading
WATTS Coral Eugene: Texas serial killer dies in Michigan
US/MI/Jackson – A confessed serial killer who police said may have been responsible for dozens of deaths died Friday, a little more than a week after he received a second life sentence, authorities said.Coral Eugene Watts, who said he targeted … Continue reading
WATTS Coral Eugene: Alleged serial killer gets mandatory life sentence
US/MI/Kalamazoo – A second life prison sentence has been given to a confessed serial killer, this time for slaying a Western Michigan University student more than three decades ago. Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary C. Giguere Jr. sentenced Coral Eugene … Continue reading
WINNIPEG PROSTITUTE Killer: Multiple killers suspected in deaths of sex-trade workers
CA/Winnipeg – Winnipeg police say they are dealing with several possible killers, not a single serial killer, after a second sex-trade worker was found dead in a field in the city’s northwest. Seventeen-year-old Fonasa Lynn Bruyere went missing in August. … Continue reading
WATTS Coral Eugene: Serial killer on trial for college student’s stabbing death in 1974
US/Kalamazoo/MI – Coral Eugene Watts claimed responsibility for the deaths of 12 women and assaults on three others, and authorities say he is a suspect in at least 26 unsolved homicides. Those numbers place Watts in the company of the … Continue reading
WINDHOEK Serial Killer: SAPS to help trap serial killer in Namibia
NA/WindhoekSouth Africa’s top serial killer profilers are to help the Namibian police investigating the murder of four women. The women – three of whom have been identified as Melanie Janse, 22, Juanita Mabula, 21, and Viola Swartbooi, 18 – are … Continue reading
WALUSIMBI Baker: Suspected Serial Killer Denied Bail
UG/Kampala – COURT has denied bail to a suspected serial killer, who allegedly admitted to the police that he killed three girls in 2005.Kampala High Court Judge Margaret Oguli Oumo denied Baker Walusimbi alias Kaweesa, who has spent 14 months … Continue reading
WINDHOEK Serial Killer: President Urges Cops to Find Serial Killer
NA/Windhoek – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has made an impassioned appeal to law enforcement agencies to trace the perpetrator/s of the recent gruesome killings as a matter of urgency and ensure the culprit/s face the wrath of the law.The President said … Continue reading
WILLIAMS Wayne Bertram: DNA tests could not rule out his dog
US/Atlanta/GA – In February, Georgia prosecutors agreed to allow DNA testing of dog and human hair evidence used in the 1982 trial of alleged serial child murderer Wayne Williams. The tests on the dog hair have been completed and, according … Continue reading
WARD Ronald James: DNA helped ID serial killer imprisoned in Montana
US/Missoula/MT – By the time the dogs led Deputy Mark Smith to the back of the rest stop in the summer of 2000, the Arkansas heat had taken its toll.Smith discovered the partially decomposed body of 25-year-old Kristin Laurite naked … Continue reading