5 Most Horrifying Solved Serial Killer Cases

Rodney Alcala an extremely dangerous criminal is terrifying but a criminal who is skilled at disguise is even more so because you never know what thoughts lie behind that smiling face an extremely dangerous criminal will reveal their Twisted mind but a criminal who is good at disguise can hide those dark thoughts showing only a gentle and harmless side such people are often more evil than the former the story takes place in Los Angeles California located in the southwestern part of California Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States and is often referred to as the City of Angels according to FBI research in 1990 the combined murder rates of New York and Los Angeles accounted for 13.8% of all murders in the United States in the 1970s serial killer Rodney James alala murdered at least nine women and girls across the country though the true number of deaths is l likely over 100 he was imprisoned for sexual assault but continued to rape and kill after being released autopsies of some victims revealed that he would strangle the women until they lost Consciousness then wait for them to regain Consciousness before ultimately killing them on July 24th 2021 Rodney James Alcala known as The Dating Game Killer died at a hospital near a California prison at the age of 77 Rodney earned the nickname Dating Game Killer after appearing on the reality TV show The dating game in 1978 in 1980 he was sentenced to death for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Christine samso in 1984 the California Supreme Court overturned the conviction and Rodney's murder case was retried in 1986 Rodney was sentenced to death for the second time for the murder of samso however in 2003 the federal appell it Court overturned this sentence in 2010 an Orange County jury convicted Rodney of five counts of first-degree murder the killing of samso the 1977 murder of 18-year-old Jill Terry barcom and 27-year-old Georgia Marie Wicked the 1978 murder of 31-year-old Charlotte Lee lamb and the 1979 murder of 21-year-old Jill Marie parento he was sentenced to death for the third time Rodney was born on August 23rd 1943 in San Antonio Texas in the central United States he had two sisters and when he was eight years old the family moved to Mexico with their father however three years later his father abandoned the family leaving the young Rodney and his sisters to endure a harsh life eventually they had no choice but to move back to the United States with their mother settling in a suburb of Los Angeles where they struggled to get by on her meager salary Rodney was very good-look from a young age and the neighbors adored him he was also smarter than his peers however during his teenage years years he began to exhibit a unique personality he was reclusive withdrawn and indifferent to the warmth and care of those around him in 1961 at the age of 17 Rodney joined the US Army where he worked in a clerical role his IQ test score was an impressive 160 far above the average IQ range of 85 to 115 indicating that Rodney was a genius in 1964 at the age of 21 Rodney was diagnosed with a mental disorder a psychiatrist in the military later diagnosed him with antisocial personality disorder also known as sociopathic personality disorder this condition is characterized by high levels of aggression a lack of Shame and severe social impact it typically begins to manifest in childhood or adolescence and can persist into adulthood or throughout a person's life due to the severity of his antisocial personality disorder Rodney was discharged from the Army by military Psych iatrist after his discharge he used his exceptional abilities to enroll in the UCLA School of Fine Arts if his life had continued on this path it could have been remarkable but in reality his inner world was deeply dark and he pursued these studies only to better disguise himself in 1968 Rodney graduated from the School of Fine Arts and it was from this year that he began his criminal Journey one day a little girl was about to walk to school when a beige unlicensed car started following her a passing driver witnessed the scene and saw the man in the car stop holding some snacks and invite the little girl into the vehicle the passing driver found this suspicious and followed the beige car to an apartment building along the way he called the Los Angeles Police Department to report the strange situation coincidentally a police officer was patrolling Sunset Boulevard at the time and after receiving the report he immediately headed to the apartment when the officer arrived at the apartment he knocked on the door and said hey I'm the police open the door I need to talk to you a man appeared at the door with an extremely Sinister look on his face he said I I was taking a bath give me a moment to get dressed the officer gave him 10 seconds but after a few minutes passed with no sound from the door the officer sensing something was wrong kicked it open after checking the living room and finding no one he walked into the kitchen on the floor lay a naked little girl covered in bruises and with blood still flowing from her head the kitchen was splattered with blood and marked with drag marks and a photo of the girl was discarded on the ground next to the girl was a metal bar with clear marks of strangulation the officer initially suspected it was used to strangle the girl into unconsciousness he checked for her breathing by placing his fingers on her nose but found none believing she was dead he frantically searched the house for the perpetrator who had already escaped through the window minutes earlier returning to the kitchen the officer noticed that the girl's chest was rapidly rising and falling indicating she was still trying to breathe he immediately alerted the Los Angeles Police Department to clear the traffic and transported the girl to the hospital as quickly as possible after medical examination it was found that the girl had been repeatedly assaulted and had injuries from the metal bar fortunately after emergency treatment the girl survived but remained in a coma for over a month and needed several more months to recover before being discharged the little girl was 8-year-old Tali Shapiro a sweet and innocent child after her release Tal's parents moved from Los Angeles to Mexico to help her recover psychologically in an interview later T said I don't remember going up to the apartment and I don't remember anything after that meanwhile a large number of police officers began searching the apartment they found numerous pieces of photography equipment and a large number of photos all of which featured young girls they also discovered the perpetrator's ID card identifying him as Rodney James Alcala a student at UCLA the Los Angeles police then contacted a professor at UCLA to inquire about Rodney the professor said yes to us he seemed like a good person he would never harm anyone meanwhile Rodney who had fled changed his name to John Bur ber and enrolled in the New York University Tish School of the Arts where he studied filmm under the renowned French director Roman palansky on June 24th 1971 a woman named Cornelia Michael Krill a 23-year-old tww flight attendant was murdered in her New York neighborhood she had recently moved to this area which was known for being home to many flight attendants and secretaries her boyfriend Leon Borstein described Cornelia as having a beautiful face and a very polished demeanor on the day of the move Borstein found her door locked and received no response when he called her when the police arrived they discovered a shocking scene Cornelia was naked strangled with her own nylon stockings and had bite marks on her breasts at the time New York City had a high murder rate with nearly 2,000 murders in 1971 making it difficult for the police to solve cornelia's case the lack of widespread DNA technology and the absence of any Suspects led to the case becoming a cold case in the same summer that Cornelia was murdered Rodney obtained a job as a counselor at a children's Arts camp in New Hampshire where he taught kids how to make films at this time he was using the Alias John berer in 1971 two campers recognized Rodney who was wanted by the FBI and reported him to the police after his arrest he was extradited back to California however an unexpected complication arose during preparations for his tribe the previous victim Tali had moved to Mexico with her family and her family refused to let her testify in Rodney's trial to protect her privacy due to the lack of a key witness the judge could not convict Rodney and had no choice but to release him less than two months after his release from prison Rodney lured a 13-year-old girl to the edge of a cliff and harmed her this time with both Witnesses and evidence Rodney was sentenced to two years in prison after serving his sentence he was again released on parole after his release from prison despite his criminal record Rodney used his Charisma and knowledge of Art and film to disguise himself as a professional photographer photographing hundreds of women gradually Rodney used his reputation as a locally known photographer to approach his victims most of whom were women he would first incapacitate and subdue them then torture them until they died in fear and finally take their ear rings as trophies Rodney's next victim was Ellen hover a 23-year-old musician and artist Ellen was a sweet person with a gentle soul she came from a prominent entertainment family her father owned the famous Hollywood nightclub SOS and her Godfathers were Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin on July 15th 1977 Ellen disappeared when the New York police began their investigation they found only a calendar note that mentioned she was going to meet someone named John Burger on November 9th 1977 Rodney lured 18-year-old runaway Jill Terry barcom with smooth talk after engaging in inappropriate behavior he brutally killed her and left her body on a hillside near Hollywood to prevent identification he used rocks to disfigure her face and head then ended her life using belts stockings and pants in three separate instances on December 16th 1977 Rodney committed similar acts against 7-year-old nurse Georgia Marie wicksted in his Malibu apartment he struck her head with a hammer strangled her with stockings and left her naked in the bathroom on June 24th 1978 Rodney engaged in inappropriate acts with his legal secretary 31-year-old Charlotte Lee lamb in his apartment he then beat her and strangled her with shoelaces leaving her in the laundry room of an apartment building in elago on September 3rth 1978 Rodney appeared on a dating show called The Dating Game clearly the show staff death not thoroughly investigate Rodney's background as the host introduced him as a successful photographer skilled in skydiving and motorcycle riding many of the female contestants were impressed by his charming smile and smooth talk Cheryl Bradshaw Rodney's onscreen date received an invitation from him after the show but declined without hesitation she said my intuition told me Rodney was dangerous he repeatedly suggested spending a special night together but I felt scared and even got goosebumps on February 14th 1979 Rodney picked up 15-year-old Mo'Nique hoit in Riverside County he drove her to his apartment where they spent some time in the room the next day they went to a secluded mountainous area where Rodney took inappropriate photos of her and images of her being harmed he then bounded and gagged her continuing the assault while Rodney was in a gas station restroom on the way back to Riverside County Monique managed to escape and reported the assault to the police however Rodney's mother posted his bail on June 13th 1979 21-year-old computer operator Jill Marie parento left work early to attend a baseball game the next morning when she failed to show up for work police visited her Burbank apartment and found signs of forced entry Jill was discovered dead naked on the bathroom floor having been sexually assaulted beaten and strangled on June 20th 1979 12-year-old Samantha samso went missing while biking to her ballet class in Huntington Beach California 12 Days Later police received a tip and discovered Samantha's body on a hillside due to the hot weather the body had decomposed significantly and the coroner could not determine if she had been sexually assaulted investigators later found Samantha's earrings in a storage locker rented by Rodney following this lead Rodney was immediately arrested and charged however a woman testified that Rodney had not been to the beach but police dismissed her testimony suspecting she might be romantically involved with Rodney and potentially providing false evidence to cover up his crimes in 1980 Rodney was sentenced to death by the Orange County Superior Court however this verdict was overturned by the California Supreme Court due to police misconduct specifically they had informed the jury of his criminal history prematurely which could have biased their decision Additionally the evidence which consisted of only a single earring was deemed insufficient to conclusively prove his guilt in 1986 after new evidence was collected Rodney was retried and convicted of first-degree murder in 2001 a US Circuit Court of Appeals panel overturned the death sentence ruling that a key witness who had discovered the body had not testified in court due to memory issues the absence of this crucial witness led to another legal stalemate while in prison Rodney wrote a book claiming his innocence and sought compensation from the government for his incarceration by 2003 DNA testing had become a standard tool in criminal investigations since the establishment of the first national DNA database in 1995 many countries had followed suit and by this year 76 countries had either established or planned to establish DNA databases DNA analysis revealed that that the DNA found at two previous rape scenes in Los Angeles matched Rodney's DNA additionally DNA extracted from an earring found in Rodney's storage locker matched the DNA of the victim samso with this conclusive evidence Rodney could finally be convicted moreover the police identified Rodney as the perpetrator in four additional murder and rape cases 18-year-old Jill arcom 27-year-old Georgia wicksted 31-year-old Charlotte lamb and 21-year-old Jill parento in addition to these confirmed cases authorities suspected Rodney might be involved in over a hundred other murder and rape cases however due to the passage of time or lack of critical evidence these cases could not be pursued further 2006 prosecutors brought charges against Rodney for the newly confirmed four murder cases along with the previously known samso murder case the California Supreme Court approved the prosecution in February 2010 Rodney faced trial for the third time this time for five counts of murder the five victims had all been sexually assaulted and then killed this trial saw Rodney defending himself without a lawyer during the trial Rodney demonstrated his high intelligence and psychological composure responding to questions with a calm and detached demeanor even joking and smiling in court over the course of 5 hours he played multiple roles in the case even engaging in self-questioning and answering however despite his eloquence he could not refute the overwhelming DNA evidence Additionally the then 8-year-old victim Tali courageously testified in court seeing No Way Out Rodney ceased his defense and ultimately requested the judge not to sentence him to death a request that was not granted in 2010 the New York police released 215 photographs s taken by Rodney hoping to identify unknown victims the photos showed women ranging from their teens to their 30s from various States across the US many families recognized their missing loved ones among the images the police also had over 900 more photos that were not released due to privacy concerns in 2016 Rodney was also implicated in the 1977 murder of Christine Ruth Thornton in Wyoming but prosecutors chose not to extradite him for trial additionally police suspected him of killing Pamela Lamson in the San Francisco Bay area in the fall of 1977 however the DNA collected from that crime scene was too degraded to test so no charges were filed Rodney died on July 24th 2021 while awaiting execution in California at the age of 77 perhaps around us there are some antisocial personalities quietly hiding studies suggest that one in every 25 people may have such traits a proportion that seems surprisingly High fortunately most of these individuals are not murderers and do not commit such violent acts they are unburdened by emotions clever and manipulative with unpredictable personalities but without anxiety they are skilled at disguise and approach problems with calm Clarity and organization although they are fully aware of societal Norms they are indifferent to them in reality their Pursuit is solely for their own goals and they are willing to use any means necessary to achieve Daniel Camargo Barbosa [Music] [Music] them people often say that the law is the most powerful weapon against criminals however in history there was a serial killer who under the protection of the law cruy took the lives of dozens of young girls the victim's families mournfully called for given a severe or long-term sentence but because the highest penalty in that country was only 16 years the killer was ultimately sentenced to just 16 years in prison in other words for each innocent life he took his sentence was extended by only two months on an evening in May 1985 the police station in Gua ke Port the capital of guas province in Ecuador received a report from a woman who said her daughter was missing her name was Anna and her missing daughter was named Marta since her husband had passed away Anna had been struggling to raise her children by selling fruit at the market the police chief Edward Gonzalez sympathized with this hardworking woman and personally took her detailed statement uh Anna said in the morning Marta was helping me pack bags for customers when there were fewer customers she went with some friends to play at a nearby flower shop at first I didn't think much of it but after a few hours I couldn't find her anywhere I asked her friends but they said they hadn't seen her Anna recounted the events of The Disappearance in fragments but since Marta had been missing for less than 24 hours and it was nearing the end of the workday Edward didn't know what to do if the girl wasn't actually missing it would only add unnecessary NE AR burden seeing Edward's silence and frown the distressed Anna guessed he might not want to help and broke down in tears reluctantly Edward agreed to help he said they could first check the market and then he and Anna left the police station together half an hour later they walked to the market where a group of ragged children were selling pens cigarettes liia and lighters to passers by Anna took Edward to a short plump Indian woman with black hair who was the owner of the flower shop where Marta was last seen playing the shop owner told Edward that around 10:00 a.m. Marta was indeed playing with her two children in the shop but as many customers came in she didn't pay much attention to Marta's whereabouts after hearing this Edward spoke with nearby children who said the last time they saw Marta she was talking to a man selling pencils who was about 5T tall with light brown skin and black hair since they were busy playing hide-and seek they didn't continue watching Marta and she disappeared from View at that time Edward wondered if Marta might have fallen asleep after hiding for too long while playing hide-and-seek he reassured the anxious Anna though he had a growing sense of unease because prior to Marta's disappearance several girls in the area had already gone missing however behind all of this was a boy's life shaped by his parents neglect and unfair treatment Daniel kamaro Barbosa was born on January 22nd 1930 into a wealthy family in the town of anola in the Colombian Andes his father Daniel kamaro breno was a businessman and his Mother Teresa Barbosa was his father's second wife kargo had a half-sister from his father's first marriage when kargo was 2 years old his mother passed away and his father soon remarried kargo was very intelligent and performed excellently at school with an IQ rated at 116 however whenever kargo tried to connect with his father regardless of the topic his father would tell him that he was worthless and a hopeless case eventually kargo lost interest in communicating with his father due to his father's emotional distance and greater interest in business than in family kamaro's childhood was mainly influenced by his stepmother Dio Selena Fernandez Fernandez who married at a young age was obsessed with having a daughter when she discovered she was unable to have children her Obsession grew stronger she doed on her stepdaughter while treating her stepson unfairly Fernandez would punish kargo by taking away his pants forcing him to wear girls clothing and inviting his schoolmates to watch him in these clothes these punishments destroyed his social standing at school making him a target for bullying from then on kargo developed a deep hatred for women and anything associated with femininity returning to Marta's disappearance Edward may have still harbored some hope as there had never been severe violent incidents in the area before however his concerns soon became reality when one of the most horrifying and brutal serial murder cases in Ecuador's history began to unfold casting a pervasive and Indescribable fear over the small otherwise obscure South American town for years to come after returning home Anna did not find her daughter over the next three 3 weeks Edward's small police station received reports of two more missing girls aged 8 and nine with their disappearances also occurring near the same Market even more bizarrely starting from the day after Anna's report the police organized patrols around the market and interviewed dozens of shop owners indicating that these girls disappeared under police surveillance the situation became even more alarming with a new report a middle-aged man called in to report that he had discovered the body of a Girl by The roadside this suggested that the missing girls might have been murdered uh a middle-aged man called in trembling as he reported that he and a few friends after finishing a vacation in plas County and heading home had their car break down 2 miles south of guak keil as he attempted to open the hood of the car he noticed something bulging and round in the roadside ditch initially thinking it was discarded Rags he realized upon closer inspection that it was the body of a girl upon hearing this Edward called The Coroner and arranged for an ambulance and a tow truck by 5:00 p.m. the police arrived at the scene set up a perimeter and after making some adjustments Edward led the way past the barrier to investigate as Edward approached the body he noticed that the head was completely destroyed minutes later the coroner arrived and after an initial examination determined that the girl had been been dead for over 2 weeks based on the dirt on the clothes and bite marks on the body it appeared she had been dug up from a shallow grave by wild dogs after transporting the body to the morg the coroner told Edward I have been a forensic pathologist for 15 years and this case is the most shocking I have encountered I cannot imagine the level of hatred required to commit such a brutal act this is the most Savage individual I have ever encountered in the early 194 40s breno sent kargo to a prestigious all boys Catholic boarding school kargo excelled academically once again but his plans for further education were interrupted due to financial difficulties faced by the family during a period of violence forced to drop out kargo took a job as a door-to-door Salesman in 1957 he began a relationship with a young client aler Castillo and after a few dates persuaded her to rent an apartment together however the cost of dating was higher than he anticipated leading him to attempt to Rob another client's store on May 24th 1958 to make NS meet he was arrested just hours later and sent to a low security prison for petty theft the prison security was LAX allowing kamaro to Simply take a writing board from a desk pretend to be busy and walk out with the changing guards continuing his life as if nothing had happened in 1962 Kamar Argo met another woman esparanza and fell in love with her to the extent that he decided to leave Castillo despite having two children with her after becoming engaged to esparanza he discovered she was not a virgin and later found her in bed with another man returning to Marta's disappearance the police conducted a thorough search around the site where the girl's body was discovered but unfortunately found little evidence they did recover a crumpled candy wrapper from a bush less than 2 m from the ground grave which they suspected might have been left by the perpetrator and carefully placed it in a plastic bag to take back to the station the next morning several parents of missing children received calls from the police to come and identify the body when Anna saw the blue dress she broke down in hysterical tears recognizing it as the dress her daughter had been wearing when she disappeared that afternoon Edward contacted the police in Kito the capital to check if any CRI had escaped from prison he also had the photos of the missing girls published in newspapers in guil Kito esmeraldas and other major Ecuadorian cities hoping to gather more information soon Captain Pablo Andrade from the Kito Police Department returned the call reporting that 3 months prior a 10-year-old girl had mysteriously disappeared in their jurisdiction her body was only found two weeks ago in a shallow grave she had been assaulted and killed with a large knife and the perpetrator was still at large with no Witnesses uh the girl had been an orphan from an orphanage in ambato selling lottery tickets at the weekly Indian markets in Kito to make a few sucas the similarities in the method of operation but the wide Geographic distance between the crime scenes alarmed the Ecuadorian police if it was indeed the same perpetrator they were dealing with someone whose identity was unknown and potentially untraceable making it even more challenging to pinpoint the suspect and predict their next move due to kamaro's strong psychological issues when he discovered that esparanza was not a virgin he initially wanted to end the engagement however he found himself unable to do so instead kargo used his manipulative skills to convince esparanza to make amends by providing him with a virgin so he could take her place in taking their virginity uh after esparanza agreed she brought five young girls girls to their apartment and drugged them to make them unconscious allowing kargo to harm them while they were in a state of unconsciousness this continued until 1964 when their fifth victim became aware of what was happening and recognized them leading to their arrest kargo was initially sentenced to 3 years in prison but another judge increased the sentence to 8 years kargo feeling like a victim himself resolved that the next time he assaulted a girl he would also kill her after serving his sentence he was released and moved to Brazil however in 1973 he was arrested for illegal immigration and deported back to Colombia in Colombia kargo began working as a street vendor selling televisions and monitors on May 2nd 1974 kargo walking in front of a school in barania saw a 9-year-old girl he found attractive he lured her to a secluded spot strangled her and left her body along with a television he was transporting the next day kamaro returned to handle the body and retrieved the television but was caught by a suspicious officer who had been tracking him he was convicted and sentenced to 30 years of isolation on gorgona Island located 35 km off Columbia's Pacific Coast after 10 years of imprisonment kargo accidentally discovered a kayak on the beach he immediately jumped in and paddled continuously until he reached the mainland several hours later the prison reported him as a fugitive but authorities believed he had died at Sea thinking that an inexperienced person could not navigate such Dangerous Waters the media even reported stories of kargo being eaten by sharks in reality kargo had studied ocean currents read navigation books and learned precise positioning in the years before his Escape once on Shore he headed south towards the Ecuadorian border marking the beginning of Ecuador's nightmare in the following two months Edward was unable to obtain any information about the perpetrator by October 1985 the situation had worsened with more and more girls mysteriously disappearing and local residents discovering additional bodies the bodies of girls were found in various locations a garbage bin on santti island a farm in TOA a pile of trash on the outskirts of guak keil a sewage ditch in a soaz buried in desolate fields in a small village in Rio Bamba on a Riverbank in suscal and on a roadside in bouquet there was no doubt that these girls had been harmed many having been tortured to death each Discovery was a torment for the Ecuadorian police to better understand the perpetrator Edward consulted a local psychologist the psychologists speculated that the killer was mentally Disturbed but likely intelligent and cautious such individuals often have a history of abuse or neglect before the age of five which Fosters deep-seated hatred that manif ests in extreme violence as adults they derive pleasure from killing and each crime intensifies their desire to kill they often feel inadequate and thus Target weaker victims to achieve psychological balance typically these individuals do not forcibly abduct victims but lure them to secluded places using deceitful methods with candy being a common tool for enticement indeed candy wrappers had been found at the scenes of the discovered bodies including martas Edward believed that the killer used fruit candies to lure the girls he sent the candy rappers to the University of Keto for analysis unfortunately due to the limited technology of the time no fingerprints were recovered from the candy wrappers the case was stalled until early February 1986 when a 12-year-old girl named Gloria Andino was found dead in a mangrove swamp she had also been brutally harmed with her face unrecognizable like Marta's however she was clutching a candy wrapper tightly in her hand this discovery invigorated the police although the previous candy wrappers had deteriorated making the fingerprints unusable this new rapper was carefully preserved by the girl it was a crucial lead the wrapper was quickly sent to the keto laboratory where a partial fingerprint was extracted from the corner the fingerprint was then sent to Chicago for further analysis after several hours of processing a complete fingerprint from the right index finger was obtained the following day keto police sent copies to major cities in Ecuador and Colombia for comparison soon they received matches from Bogota the capital of Colombia and barania a northern Port City in Colombia a detailed comparison confirmed that these fingerprints match the one obtained from the candy wrapper the fingerprint belonged to Daniel kamaro Barbosa kamaro's first stop in Ecuador was the capital city Kito in the the Andes however on the cold night of December 5th 1984 he decided to return to the coast a few days later on December 18th kargo abducted and killed a 9-year-old girl in Cavo Ecuador between 1984 and 1986 he continued his spree committing at least 55 murders of young girls and adult women most of these murders occurred in guas Province but he also committed crimes in Kito machala and ambato during the this period kargo supported himself by working as a porter in the markets of guak keil or by selling clothes and belongings taken from his victims initially the police believed the murders were linked to organized crime numerous rumors pointed to white slave trafficking Rings satanic Cults or powerful individuals protected by the police there was no doubt that the man named kamaro was the perpetrator of the serial murders with this crucial lead Edward was overjoyed a few days later even better news arrived while Edward was reviewing kamaro's files at the police station newly assigned keto police officer Juan Rosales was walking down a muddy Road leading to the outskirts of the mangrove swamps he noticed a middle-aged man fively emerging from dense bushes carrying a black plastic bag Rosales parked his car at the roadside and approached the man the man disheveled but with a calm demeanor introduced himself as Manuel burgelin Solis and answered Rosales questions with a smile when Rosales checked the black plastic bag he found a dirty pair of blue jeans seemingly belonging to a young girl and a photograph of the girl in the jeans pocket whose belongings are these Rosales asked with growing suspicion they belong to my daughter I picked them up from a classmate's house she stayed over there a few days ago and forgot to bring the jeans back so I went to retrieve them the man answered calmly despite the man's seemingly harmless appearance and his composed responses Rosales was thrilled and nearly burst into cheers on the street the girl in the photo Guadalupe Herrera had been featured prominently on the front pages of Ecuadorian newspapers for months the previous night's keto TV report had highlighted her as one of the missing girls Rosales was certain that this unkempt man with a slight eye problem was the serial killer who had shocked Ecuador before kargo could react Rosales swiftly subdued him handcuffed him and put him in a police car after a quick verification by the keto police kargo was transferred overnight to the guil police station initially kargo denied being the serial killer but Edward did not believe his claims after threatening him with harsh measures kargo quickly confessed to his crimes under the pressure kargo was a killer who exclusively targeted females particularly young girls his preferred victims were often from poor backgrounds such as Farm Workers maids and students transitioning from elementary to higher education he would approach his victims under the pretense of being a foreigner looking for a new pastor at a church in the suburbs with his education kamaro spoke fluent English and Portuguese which made his lives more convincing he would offer small rewards like money candy or pens to entice the girls to take him to the church for older girls or women he used the promise of work at the church to lure them the actual murders usually took place in remote forested areas that required a bus ride to reach once in the woods kargo would walk a distance hide in the vegetation and claim he was familiar with the area and knew a shortcut to their destination if a victim became suspicious and refused to follow him kargo would not try to force them but would instead look for new victims if his lure was successful kargo would use a knife to threaten the victim kill them in secluded areas using various methods after killing he would steal the victim's clothing and any valuables and leave the body for scavengers to consume he always carried a spare shirt to change into leaving behind the blood stained clothes he would wash the blood off his hands using urine kargo paid close attention to details about his victims including scars tattoos and moles occasionally he even obtained their family members phone numbers and haunted them after the crimes after briefly confessing to his crimes kargo led the police to various crime scenes in a swampy Redwood forest on the outskirts of guak he pointed out several small mounds of dirt confessing that they contained the bodies of his victims when the police dug up the Mounds they discovered over a dozen highly decomposed bodies many of which were missing limbs kargo then guided the police to additional locations in guak and Kito where they found nine more bodies by November 1989 during the trial he had confessed to 16 cases and the police following his directions found the bodies of victims in five cities near Kito in total equadorian authorities found 55 bodies of young girls within Ecuador and with the additional cases in Colombia the total number of discovered remains reached 71 commargo had brutally killed 72 young lives however these were not all of kargo crimes there were many missing vagrants in cases where the crimes could not be confirmed which he himself could not fully remember the chief prosecutor of guas province in a TV interview assured the public that the strictest punishment would be imposed on kamaro unfortunately kamaro was ultimately sentenced to only 16 years which was the maximum penalty in Ecuador at that time on November 13th 1994 while sitting in his cell kargo was attacked by by a new inmate 29-year-old Giovani alesio noera Haro noera forced kamaro to kneel and after declaring the time for Revenge has come stabbed him eight times killing him he also cut off one of kamaro's ears as a trophy noera showed the ear to the guards claiming that his family was one of kamaro's victims and that he had sought revenge for them um with no one coming forward to claim kamaro's body he was buried in a public grave at El batan Cemetery in Kito he was 64 years old at the time of his death this case highlights a broader issue in countries with less severe penalties the frequency and brutality of criminal cases tend to be higher compared to those with harsher punishments sever penalties often act as a final deterrent for those who might otherwise commit heinous acts kargo is a stark example of this Charles Albright phenomenon between 19 90 and 1991 a serial killer wreaked havoc in Texas with a highly distinctive method of murder so unique that no other killer could replicate it he had an obsessive fascination with human eyes especially those that were beautiful and attractive this morphed into a pathological hobby he would seek out sex workers with beautiful eyes shoot them and then remove their eyes his anatomical skills were exceptionally Advanced surpassing even those of some doctors not all doctors doors are trained to remove the drooping optic nerve and all six major muscles connecting the eye to the eye socket without damaging the eyelid as a result he was dubbed the eye killer his name was Charles Albright a serial killer from Dallas Texas on December 18th 19 1991 a jury deliberated and found Charles Albright guilty he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Shirley Williams Mary Lou Pratt and Susan Peterson until his death in 2020 everything about Charles Albright remained shrouded in mystery but what exactly happened in 1990 what was his background how did he acquire such Advanced skills and why was he so obsessed with beautiful eyes in most cases serial killers are brutal and poorly educated individuals driven by their own Twisted motives however Charles was described by Community neighbors and friends as charming and polite one of Charles's friends said believe me if he were really a psychopathic killer he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret right Charles Frederick Albright was born on August 10th 1933 in Amarillo Texas his biological mother an outstanding law student was only 16 years old when she secretly married another student and became pregnant when the girl's father discovered this he demanded that she anull the marriage and put the baby up for adoption or he would throw her out of the house consequently shortly after Charles's birth his biological iCal mother sent him to an orphanage at 3 weeks old Charles was adopted by a young darkhaired woman named Dela Albright and her husband Fred a grer from Dallas they lived in Oak Cliff a predominantly white middle middle class neighborhood on the other side of the river from downtown at the time it was a beautiful residential area Del was very fond of Charles raising goats in the backyard so he could drink goats milk which she believed was better for him than cow's milk however she could also be a strict and suffocating mother when Charles was under a year old she would lock him in a dark room as punishment for chewing on her tape measure if he refused to take naps she would bind him to his bed and if he refused to drink milk she would hit him in fact people in the community often talked about deli's strange and gloomy personality although she and Fred were not poor she was notoriously Frugal at meal times even picking up old bones discarded by the local butcher to make soup despite her peculiar methods of punishment her friends claimed it was simply because she had never raised a child before Charles himself recognized how eager she was for him to succeed every morning before the school bus arrived Deli would make him practice the piano for at least 30 minutes she taught him so much reading writing and arithmetic that he skipped two grades in elementary school Charles was a talented boy capable of almost anything anything from playing the piano to naming all the constellations he even performed tap dance at the famous Texas theater when Charles was 11 Del introduced him to Taxidermy bought him a gun and helped him kill small animals she even demonstrated how to use various tools a knife for cutting skulls a small spoon for scooping out brains an anatomical knife for removing eyes from their sockets and tweezers for extracting eyes she even skinned his first bird and taught him not to cut too deeply Charles fascinated by Taxidermy took took a course on it practicing the art of dissection and skinning an essential part of Taxidermy is removing an animal's eyes and replacing them with glass eyes to ensure the specimen's long-term preservation on one occasion Charles spent hours perfecting his taxidermy work to make it look as realistic as possible during the final touch-up phase he would visit a local taxidermy shop to select a pair of perfect eyes he loved gazing at the boxes filled with ornate fake eyes owl eyes eagle eyes deer eyes he admired their rainbow like Sheen and wished he could collect them like other boys collected marbles however Deli wouldn't let him do this because the eyes were too expensive instead she would open her sewing kit find a few buttons and begin working then she and her son would place the birds in the oak cabinet in front of the house these birds had no eyes instead two dark buttons were sewn where their delicate feathered faces met each appearing dull under the living room light this childhood deprivation LED Charles to develop an unusual obsession with eyes subsequent psychologists theorize that this intense desire for eyes drove Charles down a criminal path despite Charles's good performance in school he began delving into crime in his teens at just 13 he had already been charged with theft and serious assault marking the beginning of his criminal career by the age of 17 he was caught as part of a student theft gang that broke into three stores and stole hundreds of dollars worth of goods his adoptive mother Del went to the store owners to try to compensate for the stolen items and attempted to persuade the judge to let her represent Charles as his loyer she even offered to serve his sentence in his place nevertheless the boy was sentenced to a year in prison spending his 18th birthday Behind Bars meanwhile Deli worked hard to keep this matter hidden so much so that no one in her community knew that Charles had become a convicted felon after his release Charles attended Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway Arkansas majoring in Premed with the intention of becoming a surgeon during his time at College he quickly became one of the most popular students he was very well-rounded serving as the president of the French Club the business manager for the yearbook a member of the school choir and a halfback on the foot football team however Charles was not just seen as a good student on one occasion he broke into a physics professor's office during the day Pride opened the lock on his cabinet stole the physics exam papers and then ran downtown to make a copy he returned the papers to the cabinet within an hour while the professor teaching in a nearby classroom remained completely unaware Charles's love for Mischief damaged his reputation he received poor Behavior grad for shooting rubber bands around school and climbing out of the study hall he would even set fire to his chemistry teachers skirt out of boredom he then began dating a Charming young English major Betty Hurst and planned to marry her he excelled in science despite barely studying he earned an A in human anatomy people at the school said Charles had a promising future he even talked about attending medical school to become a surgeon however Charles did not abandon his adolescent penchant for theft during his first year at College he broke into a girl's dormatory and took some nude photos he even cut out a friend's ex-girlfriend's pictures and pasted them onto another girl's photos and his own wall he then manipulated a girl into giving him the keys to the entire campus after he was caught with stolen items he was expelled from the college Charles believed that despite his expulsion he should still earn a degree therefore he forged a degree using stolen documents and fake signatures to create fictitious bachelor's and master's degrees Charles also married his college girlfriend and had a daughter Betty Hurst worked as a teacher in 1961 Charles was arrested for receiving and concealing stolen property though no charges were filed in 1968 he forged certificates of Excellence from Arkansas State teachers college and used them to apply for a high school teaching position Charles's students found him Charming during field trip he could fluently recite the scientific names of every plant he encountered in Latin and discuss every insect he found in a rotting log his teaching career continued until the principal discovered that Charles's degrees and teaching credentials were fake consequently Charles was sentenced to a year of probation for falsifying official records in 1974 Charles divorced his wife in 1981 following the death of Charles's mother he sexually harassed the daughter of a neighbor he pleaded guilty and received probation for the offense but later Charles claimed he was innocent and only pleaded guilty to avoid trouble in 1985 Charles fell in love with a woman named Dixie Austin a beautiful and shy Widow he met during a trip to Arkansas this was one of the most romantic periods of his life he arranged elegant dinner dates for her and captivated her with stories about art and nature after conf confirming their relationship Charles soon moved in with Dixie Dixie was wealthy and financially supported Charles paying all his bills on the morning of December 13th 1990 the body of a woman was discovered in a remote nearly forgotten lowincome area in South Dallas the woman weighing 156 lb was found naked except for a T-shirt and a bra pushed up over her breasts her eyes were closed and her face and chest bore severe bruises a police officer at the scene immediately recognized the woman as 33-year-old Mary Pratt a seasoned sex worker who worked at the star motel in oakcliffe it was unusual for a sex worker to be murdered especially someone as well known as Mary Pratt Mary was not the type of sex worker who openly solicited on the streets she rarely had extra money and what she did have was usually spent on drugs she never bought sexy clothes this murder was a body dump case one of the most difficult types of murder to solve the victim was killed in one location and dumped in another there were no Witnesses no murder weapon almost no forensic evidence no fingerprints and no obvious motive the Dallas County Medical Examiner report indicated that Mary had been shot in the back of the head with a 44 caliber bullet which was the cause of death her eyes were also missing as if a surgeon had precisely removed them with a scalpel in the wake of such a shocking incident the Dallas County Police urgently contacted the FBI the agency maintains a database of the most heinous murders across the country however an FBI agent reported that there were no records of such a brutal murder in the database the Dallas County Police subsequently launched an investigation but it yielded no breakthroughs due to the lack of leads the case was temporarily shelved two months later on the morning of February 10th 1991 the body of 27-year-old sex worker Susan Beth Peterson was discovered near the location where had died like Mary Susan's body was found almost completely naked the autopsy revealed she had been shot three times one bullet had entered her heart another had struck the back of her head and a third had penetrated the top of her skull her eyes had also been surgically removed Dallas County Police realized that Mary and Susan had both been killed by the same perpetrator but they could not find any key evidence to identify the Killer on March 19th 1991 the body of another sex worker Shirley Williams was found at the Avalon Motel several miles from the Star Motel her body was discovered at 6:20 a.m. just half a block from an elementary school in Oak Cliff young students walking to school could clearly see the naked body Lying by the roadside the autopsy report showed that Shirley had a broken nose facial bruising and a gunshot wound to the back of her head her eyes were missing and an exact acto Blade's broken tip was found embedded in her right eye socket the series of three Brazen murders within 4 months caused a stir in the local community since the killer had left no fingerprints at any of the crime scenes the police faced significant challenges they decided to focus their investigation on sex workers and their clients soon a startling Discovery was made a friend of Mary mentioned that Mary had served a man named Charles who had a particular obsession with eyes on March 22nd 1991 at 2:30 a.m. a tactical team of police officers stormed stormed into Charles's home as Charles was handcuffed and taken away he remained silent Dixie clad in pajamas stumbled out of bed incredulously looking at Charles and then at the police realizing that the man she loved might have done something terrible she began to scream investigators discovered a Smith and Wesson 44 Magnum revolver several xacto knives and red stained condom at Charles's residence they also found Nazi literature books about serial killers and several dolls missing their eyes unfortunately the gun found at Charles's home did not match the weapon used by the eyes killer in the murders of Mary and Susan investigators also did not find any Blood Stained clothing although they did discover socks and underwear Soaked in Bleach additionally Charles's wife provided garage receipts proving that their car was unavailable during the times of the the first two murders however however investigators found hair and fibers on Charles's blanket and vacuum cleaner that might connect him to the murders the vacuum cleaner contained hair consistent with Shirley Williams although there was insufficient hair for DNA analysis with the technology of the time based on this evidence Charles Albright was arrested and charged with the murders of the eyes killer and Ronda Bowie a sex worker murdered in 1988 whose eyes were not removed like the other victims on December 2nd 1991 the trial began however the prosecution's case began to unravel the yellow raincoat Shirley Williams was wearing when she was killed was discarded from evidence despite having been shown to the jury a sex worker who had previously claimed Charles assaulted her recanted stating she had been coerced by the police Charles's neighbors also supported his claim that the car was unavailable due to a of evidence the prosecution heavily relied on hair evidence linking Charles to the three murders although DNA evidence also connected him to Ronda Bowie's murder the charge was dropped due to his Alibi ultimately Charles was convicted of killing Shirley Williams and sentenced to life in prison his defense's appeal citing a lack of evidence was denied Charles was held at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Amarillo according to official sources he remained fascinated by human eyes and was very interested in news reports about eyes being removed or gouged the six missing eyes have never been found with some speculating that Charles might have eaten them Charles passed away in 2020 at the age of 87 in modern forensic science an important theoretical basis is the low card's exchange principle which suggests that when a crime occurs there will be some material exchange between the suspect victim and surrounding environment this can be active such as stealing a victim's wallet or passive such as inadvertently leaving Footprints the police's task is to find evidence of these material exchanges to apprehend and charge the suspect this series of murders closely aligns with the low card's exchange Stephen Akinmurele principle on August 28th 1999 in Manchester prison a young man suspected of being a serial killer hanged himself he made a noose out of a bed sheet and hung it from the iron bars of his cell window choosing without hesitation to end his life in this way before his suicide he wrote a letter in it he expressed to his mother that he could not rid himself of the obsession with killing the letter read I couldn't take any more of feeling like how I do now always wanting to kill this young man had once told a doctor in the prison hospital that every night every night as he lay lay in bed he would think about murder after his arrest he had already attempted suicide by overdosing on medication but he was resuscitated in time as a result he was placed in the prison's Healthcare Ward to prevent further suicide attempts two days before his hanging a staff member discovered that he had a sharpened toothbrush and had fantasized about kidnapping a female staff member but he did not succeed with his successful suicide he avoided being tried for the murders he was accused of which included the killing of three elderly people in Blackpool and two other murders on the aisle of man this young man's name was Steven ol ADI K Akin mill on March 16th 1978 Akin Mill was born in Nigeria he was of mixed race with a Nigerian father and a mother from the aisle of man in the United Kingdom unfortunately his family was not harmonious and growing up in such an environment akur felt deeply repressed he tried to mediate between his parents but his efforts were in vain when his parents eventually separated he moved with his mother to the Isle of Man upon arriving on the aisle of man Akin milla's mother needing to earn a living left him in the care of his grandmother his grandmother was a very strict person imposing rigid discipline on him and even simple relaxation was not allowed as a result Aken lived in constant fear and anxiety in this stifling environment Akin's mental state became increasingly fragile and his mind started to become become unstable at the age of 11 Akin Mel began to show violent Behavior toward elderly people such as verbal abuse pranks and intense hatred this pathological hatred seemed akin to a mental illness even though Akin Mele often got into trouble at school he appeared very friendly to his peers and others it was only toward the elderly that he displayed a strange and hostile attitude after these incidents Akin meli's mother realized her son had severe psychological issues she decided to remove him from his grandmother's care quit her job and began spending every day with him just to try and help him live a happier life in May 1995 the body of a 72-year-old elderly woman Marjorie Ashton was found in her home in basala on the aisle of man the cause of death was strangulation in February 1996 a 68-year-old woman Dorothy Harris who was partially blind and deaf died in a fire at glass and Terrace on the aisle of man by 1996 Aken Marilla had turned 18 and moved to Blackpool one of the UK's most popular Seaside resorts at this time akan Mel found a job as a civil servant he worked hard even taking on a part-time job at a local pub during the day he organized documents at the welfare office and at night he worked as a bartender akan melli even started dating a woman named Amanda Fitch however due to the psychological issues stemming from his childhood Aken Mel secretly ass associated with vagrants and drug addicts he enjoyed mingling with them and soon became addicted to alcohol and drugs he also developed a habit of stealing and would give the stolen items as gifts to Amanda Fitch although Akin Mele appeared to be living a normal life with his girlfriend on the surface deep down he harbored violent and murderous impulses in September 1998 a 75-year-old woman Jimmy McGill died in an apartment fire on K Street in Black pool due to the destruction of evidence most people believed she might have died from smoke inhalation during the fire she had previously been Akin Mel's landlord on October 30th 1998 an elderly couple Eric Borman 77 and his wife Joan Borman 74 were found dead in their home their bodies were discovered by their daughter Eric's body was found next to a closet in the hallway and when the police moved his body they found a bloodstained metal rod on the floor this metal rod was crudely assembled from six batteries and white tape Joan's body was found in the living room with no visible signs of injury the autopsy revealed that Eric had sustained injuries to his head neck and face while Joan only had injuries to her neck both were determined to have been strangled to death based on the investigation It is believed that on the day of the incident the sequence of events likely unfolded as follows the killer had secretly entered the boardman's home in advance and remained hidden um unnoticed by the elderly couple the next morning when Eric left the house the killer found Joan resting in the living room and strangled her from behind when Eric returned home he discovered Joan lying in the living room with the killer nearby mistaking his wife's condition as just having fainted Eric a husband trying to protect his wife did not call the police or seek help but instead bravely confronted the Killer a fierce struggle ensued but because the killer was armed with a homemade metal rod Eric suffered severe head and facial injuries and was eventually strangled to death by the killer Eric Borman and Joan Borman were friends in their younger years both had been married and divorced but one day they met again on the Blackpool seafront they shared their stories with each other and soon after they got married and spent 27 happy years together in the 1960s Eric Borman was well known in the maritime community in Black pool frequently taking vacationers on boat trips along the field Coast Joan Borman was also well known in the neighborhood always lending a helping hand to her neighbors everyone remembered her fondly she always had a smile on her face and would greet people every morning no matter what one neighbor said I'm really shocked I just can't believe it it's so sad this is a quiet street and we all knew her well Joan was a very nice lady I used to sometimes see her with her daughter in Morrison's or marks and Spencer and she would always ask how my mom was doing she was just a very nice lady Joan used to give bones to my dog and even put them in the mailbox she was the kind of person you'd always greet if you saw her but but because of Eric's struggle the Killer's plan was completely disrupted the killer tried to make their deaths look like an accident by knocking over the closet if his plan had not been disrupted he might have started a fire to destroy the evidence following an investigation fingerprints and traces of the Killer's blood were found on the metal rod and on Eric's body through DNA and fingerprint comparison the Killer's identity was revealed to be Steven Akin Mell Steven Aken Morell 20 years old was arrested on November 1st 1998 on suspicion of murdering Eric and Joan Borman however after aen Mel's arrest detectives discovered that Jimmy McGill who had died previously was aen Mell former landlord given aen Mill's potential involvement detectives began investigating the cause of Jimmy macaro's death they found that her case appeared more like a murder than an accidental death at this point Aken Mell was charged with three murders as the investigation deepened detectives noticed similarities between the deaths of Marjorie Ashton and Dorothy Harris with that of JY McCargo as a result Aken melli was charged with a total of five murders Dorothy Harris's brother Ted holw stated that he had no doubt Aken Mill was responsible for his sister's death while in custody Aken Mel also confessed to another murder he claimed that he had killed a hiker on the aisle of man and buried the body on a cliff overlooking the sea following a search the mans police found a gun with Aken Mel's fingerprints but despite extensive excavation they did not find the hiker's body detective superintendent Bob Denmark who led the invest instigation said I personally interviewed him and I believe he is one of the most dangerous individuals I've ever encountered I was always concerned about his tendency to kill and the risk he posed to others whether in custody or not while in prison aen Mill was questioned by several experts including doctors and a psychiatrist according to the psychiatrist who evaluated Aken Mell he said he felt disturbed by images of the victims which constantly played in his mind he must have gained some emotional gratification from it murder is not a spontaneous crime he selected his victims I do not believe he was mentally ill the evil with him took over but he was clearly a troubled young man this was pure violence against elderly women with each of them being strangled a very intimate way to kill the killer Witnesses life leaving the victim and the victim can see the eyes of the person who is taking their life in July 1999 akan Mele overdosed on medication but was promptly taken to the hospital there he told doctors that The Souls of his victims were haunting him and tormenting him continuously his girlfriend Amanda Fitch had warned the police about his strong Suicidal Tendencies she said U and melli told me he wished the police had never found him he didn't want to face trial on August 28th 1999 just a few days after being returned to prison and weeks before his trial was set to begin gin Steven aen Mill hanged himself in his set in his suicide note he confessed to all the murders he explained his reason for suicide I cannot continue to live with this constant urge to kill I know it is wrong but I cannot rid myself of it I cannot continue down this path that I know is wrong but I know that if given the chance I would kill again I do not want to live with this madness any longer so I must say goodbye to everyone in the letter he also confessed to three additional m murders of young people however the police were skeptical of this confession claiming it was an attempt to obscure the fact that all his known victims were elderly a family member of one of the victims said when we heard about his death it was more comforting than anything else the Comfort comes from knowing that it's truly over and our family did not have to do the trauma of a court case we we did not want to know whether he could have been back on the streets in time we feel sorry for his mother but from our perspective I think relief is the best word to to describe our feelings there is a strong possibility that this case has other interpretations for example Akin M might have been framed due to his mental illness in all the news reports or from people who knew him there was no mention of him having any diagnosed mental illness not even from his girlfriend who lived with him every day however this is just speculation and cannot be considered as evidence on the night of August 11th 2010 at 10 p.m. at Hartsfield Jackson Elias Abuelazam Atlanta International Airport an Israeli citizen Was preparing to board a flight back to Israel however fate took a turn as he faced a severe arrest by US Customs and police instead of returning home Elias abuelazam was born on August 29th 1976 in ramla a city in central Israel about 20 kmet from the Mediterranean Sea he originally lived in a well-off Christian Arab family unfortunately his father passed away during his childhood when he was about seven or 8 years old his mother remarried and the family moved to the United States he received a US green card but did not obtain US citizenship additionally abuelazam had two marriages his first marriage was to Don Costello in Virginia in 1997 which ended in separation in 2000 and divorce in 2002 his second marriage was to Jessica Heth on July 30th 2004 which ended in divorce in 2007 news reports indicate that Jessica he suffered emotional abuse during this marriage this abuse involved making the individual feel disrespected or worthless through words or actions using threats or intimidation to control or manipulate the individual limiting their contact with the outside world to make them feel isolated and helpless and exerting excessive control over their lives including decisions about whom they can see what they can do and what they can wear on the morning of May 24th 2010 the Tranquility of Flint Michigan was shattered by the sound of a police call officers arrived on the scene to find the body of 31-year-old David Dwayne Motley in a residential yard he had been repeatedly stabbed and was pronounced dead at the scene around 6:00 a.m. just a week later at around 2 a.m. on June 21st 2010 59-year-old Emanuel Muhammad met a tragic fate at the corner of Wood Street and B Avenue in Flint where he was found dead at this stage police had not identified any suspects and had not suspected that these deaths were connected or the work of a serial killer however on July 4th 2010 a 20-year-old white male was attacked by an unidentified as salant in the 900 block of vermilia Avenue in Flint in the early morning of July 12th a 29-year-old black man was attacked near sagona Road on on Maple Avenue in Burton a few miles east of Flint a week later on July 19th in genese Township Northeast of Flint 49-year-old white male Richard Buck was brutally attacked on North saguna Road and Julia Avenue at around 1:30 a.m. while on his way to a nearby store according to news reports buck recounted that a man standing next to a Green Chevrolet Blazer asked for his help in opening the vehicle's Hood as Buck was assisting he was viciously attacked Ed by The asent Who wielded a Bowie knife stabbing him in the kidneys and liver and then strangling him buck described the attacker as a coldblooded killer who knew exactly what he was doing he was trained and knew where to stab to Kill You Buck said Buck later told ABC news that his back and abdomen required 68 Staples to close the wounds and that he had deep cuts on his arms from trying to protect his face from the attacker I have never been so injured in my life or been so close to death I was about to die Buck said he strongly rejected the idea that the stabbing was racially motivated believing instead that this guy was just a coldblooded killer on Friday July 23rd 2010 Just 4 days after the previous stabbing incident another victim was attacked this time the victim was a 21-year-old Blackman who was assaulted by the as salent at 5:45 a.m. in the 100 block of University Avenue in Flint 3 days later on Monday July 26 43-year-old Darwin Marshall was stabbed at 1:25 a.m. in the 800 block of Garland Street near West Fifth Avenue in Flint unfortunately he died shortly after being discovered Darwin Marshall lived in an apartment in the north with his mother and another relative he enjoyed singing with the congregation at the Ruth Street Church of God which was founded by his grandfather his mother Velma Marshall mourn y said it was a melody and if he sang something for you he would get your attention he had a beautiful Angelic voice he was wonderful I say this not just because I'm his mother but because he was a wonderful person and many people loved him after the July 26 attack the serial killer seemed to go into a frenzy initiating almost daily attacks the following day July 27th 26-year-old an Wayne Marshall was stabbed at 3:00 a.m. on Pearson Street near Fleming Road in Flint he described a terrifying experience similar to Richard bucks with similar wounds and six stab wounds to his abdomen and chest he recalled that he was on his way into his apartment when a man approached him asking for help with a car as he lifted the hood the man took out a knife and stabbed him on July 28th a 19-year-old black man was stabbed at 3:30 a.m. on Cook Street also in Flint on July 29th a 59-year-old black man was attacked at 6:00 a.m. at Sagal Road and 12th Street on Friday July 30th 2010 the serial killer attacked two victims on the same day one in Flint and the other in a nearby town the first victim was 60-year-old Frank Kelly Brew who had been laid off by General Motors and was staying at a local Motel Kelly Brew's body was discovered by a passer by in front of the Italian Garden restaurant located on Miller Road near Lenin Road not far from the motel recent groceries were found near his body and police estimated that the attack occurred around 3:30 a.m. Motel manager John Henson recalled seeing Kelly Brew walk across Interstate 75 to a convenience store to buy some items Henson said he was a good person he kept to himself if he didn't know you he would avoid you and wouldn't bother you he liked to sit on a bench near the Italian Garden in the evenings just to relax and he made no noise when the stores closed according to Hensen Kelly Brew had been staying at the motel every month since September 2009 homicide investigators determined that the last sighting of Kelly Brew was walking West on Miller Road near Interstate 75 the second victim of July 30th was not identified but was described as a 28-year-old black man who was attacked around 6:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location on the morning of August 1st 2010 two new attacks occurred at 2:30 a.m. 17-year-old Edwin Wilson was assaulted and a 25-year-old black man was stabbed at 615 a.m. in the 300 block of Bradley Avenue injured and hospitalized Edwin Wilson complained that it took several days for the police to visit him in the hospital and ask about the attack he said I wondered why Flint police didn't come and ask me anything that night police responded that their policy is not to speak with victims immediately after surgery there were no further stabbing incidents in the following 2 days on August 3rd 2010 49-year-old Arnold Miner was found murdered less than a mile from his home he was killed during an attack while walking home after visiting his mother's house on the north side of Flint Arnold Miner was the second member of his family to be murdered his sister had been killed 26 years earlier and her killer had never been caught Arnold Miner's relative Kareem Miner said we cannot lose another family member to an unsolved mystery in response to Kareem Miner's statement at a press conference attended by Flint Mayor danne Walling police chief Alver lock and jenese County prosecutor David Leighton Walling said we will catch this person despite the ongoing investigation into each attack in Flint it wasn't until after Miner's death approximately 2 months into the attacks that police realized the violence throughout the summer was more than just a coincidence many surviving victims provided similar descriptions of the as salant a white male between 5' 11 in and 6' 2 in tall weighing 180 to 210 lb with light colored hair a goatee and a muscular build some witnesses reported that the suspect drove a dark green Chevrolet Blazer with brown trim a model year between 1995 and 2004 given that most victims were African-American the nap expressed concern over the handling of the case and was particularly shocked that the attacks were not made public until August 3r 2010 the Flint Branch President asked a reporter why didn't we know about this we didn't know there was someone out there stabbing black people If This Were happening in another Community they would be warned some Flint victims stated that they would have been more cautious if they had known a serial killer was among them police responded by explaining that apart from unrelated Street violence in Flint there were few leads early on and Flint was struggling with unemployment and economic difficulties despite the vigilance of Flint's police and citizens a similar attack occurred in lesburg Virginia a small town near Washington DC about 600 miles Southeast of Flint the first victim was 15-year-old Anthony cage Jr who was out for a run near his home around 9:30 p.m. on August 4th 2010 a driver of a passing vehicle got out approached the suspecting teenager and stabbed him Cage's mother Virginia Scott Bay cage reported that after feeling pain her son turned around to see the attacker running back to his car doctors found that kaj's liver and kidneys had been pierced but fortunately he survived after a 3-hour surgery the next day a man driving a Green Chevrolet Blazer was stopped near Arlington for a traffic violation and briefly detained due to an outstanding warrant when his vehicle was impounded police police found a knife and a hammer inside the man was identified as 33-year-old Alias abuelazam a legal resident from Israel after being released on bail abil aam's vehicle was returned to him at this point Virginia police had no idea that Abul aam was the perpetrator behind the attacks from the past few months that evening after Abul aam was released by the police a 67-year-old man was stabbed outside his apartment despite losing a kidney the man survived the next day August 6th 2010 a 19-year-old man was struck in the head with a hammer by a stranger who had asked him for help the young man managed to escape before the attacker could hit him again possibly due to the relatively minor nature of his injuries among the three victims in lesburg two were black and one was a Hispanic teenager each victim was able to provide similar descriptions of the attacker and his vehicle matching those provided by Flint police as the police began to piece together the information abuelazam was included on their list of suspects on August 7th 2010 59-year-old Church custodian Tony Leno was stabbed around 7:45 p.m. Leno later told police that a tall muscular white man stopped his car near him and asked for directions before attacking him with a knife Leno was stabbed twice in the abdomen before he could react fortunately he survived but the attacker fled the scene on August 11th 2010 investigators visited a party store named Goldwater market near Flint Michigan where abuelazam was employed he had been working there since July 5th 2010 and was hired by the store owner Abdullah Farah due to his tall stature he was known in the store as big guy and others referred to him as Eli abuelazam who stood 6' 4 in tall and weighed around 230 lb drove a green SUV similar to to the one described in many of the attacks reports indicate that Abu laam told Farah he needed to take leave to go to Virginia investigators noted that the attacks in lesburg began shortly after Abu laam left the party store from a store customer Edward Gaines investigators learned that abuelazam showed gain's injuries on his hands and claimed they were from a fight an African-American colleague corki Caldwell told investigators that he did not sense any racial hostility from abuelazam Caldwell stated if he were the killer he would have killed me but there was no sign of violence in him he couldn't be a racist because all the black people come here at night I never saw any sign of Madness in him less than 24 hours after receiving information about abuelazam working at the party store investigators worked through the night and spoke with his relatives discovering that abuelazam was at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport on the evening of Wednesday August 11th 2010 they located him at the airport abuelazam was waiting at the gate for a flight to Tel Aviv Israel US Customs and Border Protection officials assisted by investigators used the airport's intercom system to call aazam to the ticket counter upon reporting to the counter abuelazam was arrested by border patrol agents he was charged with attempted murder in the attack on Anne Marshall and was held in Fulton County Jail awaiting extradition here hearings when FBI agents arrived at Marshall's home at 3:00 a.m. that day Marshall identified abuelazam from a photo as the man who had attacked him based on Marshall's identification investigators were authorized to detain abuelazam the Michigan State Police also seized Abul aam's Green Chevrolet Blazer planning to process it for possible evidence abuelazam was also investigated for an alleged stabbing incident in Israel in 2010 reports indicate ated that he had stabbed a friend during an argument however the case was dropped when Abul aam's friend refused to press charges on August 13th 2010 abuelazam waved his right to contest extradition to Michigan he flew to Flint on August 26 2010 and was detained in jese County Jail according to genese County Sheriff Robert pel abuelazam was kept in solitary confinement possibly for his safety and due to the nature of his crimes which had taken many lives at a preliminary hearing for the Arnold Miner murder case the judge ruled that evidence from other Jesy County attacks could be used in the trial the trial began on May 8 2012 with key evidence from the prosecution being a pair of pants from Abu aam's luggage that had a drop of miners blood on May 15th the prosecution called 50 Witnesses including other victims and their relatives several forensic experts and Abu aam's uncle 2 days later on May 177 abuel aam's defense introduced evidence of his mental illness their sole expert witness was a psychiatrist hired by the defense who diagnosed abuelazam with paranoid schizophrenia the prosecution countered by challenging The psychiatrist's credibility noting that his expertise was an addiction medicine the following day the prosecution presented two mental health experts who disputed the psychiatrist's diagnosis both psychologists testified that despite AB aam's personality disorder he lacked empathy and his attacks were planned and organized making him legally sane on May 22nd 2012 after an hour of deliberation the jury convicted abuelazam of Serial murder and serial assault on June 25th 2012 he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole the series of tragic events came to an end with Justice being served but the lives of the innocent victims could not be reclaimed their loss remains a deep enduring pain for their families and the community