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The FBI and Serial Killers, Part II | Myths and Misconceptions

Here's part II of the FBI's treastise on serial killers, covering mysths and misconceptions: "Myth: Serial killers are only motivated by sex."All serial murders are not sexually-based. There are many other...

The FBI and serial killers, Part I | Introduction

The FBI published a report recently on serial killing. Interesting stuff. The myths and misconceptions about them are massive. Take Ed Gein, for example, listed often among serial killers, but was only tried for one killing...

Facebook entry leads Fort Wayne Police to three bodies

I worked on the afternoon newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana for some 14 years, starting as metro editor in 1983 and leaving as managing editor in 1997. I was in Chicago before I moved to Fort Wayne. The...

Homicide suspect's daughter found still strapped in her car seat

The FBI issued an alert this evening for Arthur E. Morgan III, wanted for his alleged involvement in the death of his two-year-old daughter.According to the alert:“On November 22, 2011, the body of...

The FBI and DNA Part 2: Maintaining the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crime

Here's the second part of the report the FBI released on how the agency uses DNA as a crime fighting tool."Part 2 of an interview with Douglas Hares, a Ph.D. scientist at the FBI Laboratory...

The FBI and DNA Part I: Maintaining the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crime

The FBI today started a series of articles on the agency's use of DNA, including in future installments, a look at high-profile and cold case files. Since so much of what we see on TV police...

Anonymous phone call stirs up four-decade-old cold case murder

On August 24, 1970, 14-year-old Debra Ashe was found in her home in Bishop, Georgia. She had been bludgeoned with what investigators suggested was the stock of a rifle. She died two days later.The case, the investigation...

Wrong twin arrested for murder. Somebody could have used a book of baby names.

So there's Joseph Dupree Coates.And then there's Joseph Supree Coates. They're twins. They're twins that police say even had the same street name.And in a story reminiscent of something...

Conversations with Coed Killer Edmund Kemper, Part 3

There are links below to the last letter I received from Edmund Kemper on Augst 28, 1977, as well as the last three 10-minute audio tapes of my prison interview with Kemper. The story I eventually wrote for the...

Conversations with Coed Killer Ed Kemper: Part 2

I left you last with a brief explanation of how I came to intervew serial killer Edmund Emil Kemper III back in 1977, with links to a letter he wrote me and the first MP3 of my hour-long prison...

The FBI and Serial Killers, Part II | Myths and Misconceptions

The FBI and serial killers, Part I | Introduction

Facebook entry leads Fort Wayne Police to three bodies

Homicide suspect's daughter found still strapped in her car seat

The FBI and DNA Part 2: Maintaining the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crime

The FBI and DNA Part I: Maintaining the Nationwide System that Helps Solve Crime

Anonymous phone call stirs up four-decade-old cold case murder

Wrong twin arrested for murder. Somebody could have used a book of baby names.

Conversations with Coed Killer Edmund Kemper, Part 3

Conversations with Coed Killer Ed Kemper: Part 2

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