[PauloPeter]

Every year in this country, (US) we have about 20 serial killers- 10 of whom are captured~ 10 of whom are on the loose. and they are in total resposible for some 200 deaths. thats 200 deaths on a yearly basis, making the average serial killer responsible for about 10 deaths.

[DeeMarieGK]

Originally Posted by PauloPeter ↗

Every year in this country, (US) we have about 20 serial killers- 10 of whom are captured~ 10 of whom are on the loose. and they are in total resposible for some 200 deaths. thats 200 deaths on a yearly basis, making the average serial killer responsible for about 10 deaths.

There are way more than that. There is an FBI team (HSKI)busting their asses trying to seek out WAY more than 20 truckers suspected as serial killers alone! Maybe, in one state, their is only 20 or so of the garden variety serial killer.
Highway Serial Killings
New Initiative on an Emerging Trend

04/06/09

In 2004, an analyst from the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation detected a crime pattern: the bodies of murdered women were being dumped along the Interstate 40 corridor in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

The analyst and a police colleague from the Grapevine, Texas Police Department referred these cases to our Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, or ViCAP, where our analysts looked at other records in our database to see if there were similar patterns of highway killings elsewhere.

Turns out there were. So we launched an extensive effort to support our state and local partners with open investigations into highway murders.

Today, we’re publicly announcing our Highway Serial Killings initiative to raise awareness among law enforcement agencies and the general public about this issue and our unique assistance on these cases.

First, some background. The victims in these cases are primarily women who are living high-risk, transient lifestyles, often involving substance abuse and prostitution. They’re frequently picked up at truck stops or service stations and sexually assaulted, murdered, and dumped along a highway.

The suspects are predominantly long-haul truck drivers. But the mobile nature of the offenders, the unsafe lifestyles of the victims, the significant distances and multiple jurisdictions involved, and the scarcity of witnesses or forensic evidence can make these cases tough to solve.

Enter ViCAP, part of our National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and a national repository for violent crimes. The database—which contains information on homicides, sexual assaults, missing persons, and unidentified human remains—is available to law enforcement throughout the country over a secure Internet link on our Law Enforcement Online (LEO).

ViCAP analysts have created a national matrix of more than 500 murder victims from along or near highways, as well as a list of some 200 potential suspects. Names of suspects—contributed by law enforcement agencies—are examined by analysts who develop timelines using a variety of reliable sources of information.


This map shows the more than 500 cases in our Highway Serial Killings Initiative database; the red dots mark where bodies or remains have been found along highways over the past 30 years.
Our assistance also includes:

Sponsoring free regional training sessions on our Highway Serial Killings initiative for law enforcement agencies located near major interstates and highways;
Educating victim advocacy groups, in particular groups representing women and children; and
Using the skills of our behavioral analysis experts at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, who can provide investigative, interview, and prosecutive strategies; ways to link cases using behavioral characteristics; advice on working with the media; and unknown offender profiles.
ViCAP, though, is only as good as the data it contains, so we ask law enforcement agencies to make sure they submit to us their cases involving murders and other violent crimes taking place on or near highways.

Bottom line: Is the Highway Serial Killings initiative solving cases? Yes, it is. So far, at least 10 suspects believed responsible for some 30 homicides have been placed in custody…including a trucker arrested in Tennessee charged with four murders and a trucker charged with one murder in Massachusetts and another in New Jersey.

But what about the case that started it all—the series of murdered women being dumped along the Interstate 40 corridor in Oklahoma and three other states? Two people who were working together have been charged with some of the murders…and the investigation to tie them to others continues.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2009...yserial_040609

[DeeMarieGK]

And that is what they inform the public..............

[DeeMarieGK]

Originally Posted by SiobhanOLS ↗

I am sorry to post this here, but can someone help out a newb? I was trying to access the second Bundy link (from Kanda) when I got this:

SiobhanOLS, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

I don't think my account is awaiting activation, I haven't been reprimanded for anything, but I don't understand the "sufficient privileges" thing. I haven't had this come up before. Is there somehow something I did/didn't do?

[Sorry for the weird text thing. I am trying to do this on my new iPad and I still can't figure out how to select things so I can highlight the right stuff.]

I have seen that as well. I think it is when a Moderator deletes a thread....it is the only thing I can think of.
I am idiot at those Ipod things. Sites go from way small to too too big.

[DeeMarieGK]

Originally Posted by PauloPeter ↗

Every year in this country, (US) we have about 20 serial killers- 10 of whom are captured~ 10 of whom are on the loose. and they are in total resposible for some 200 deaths. thats 200 deaths on a yearly basis, making the average serial killer responsible for about 10 deaths.

While that is probably the average, yes...but there are way more than that, there are so many cases that link to one person, and there is nothing at this time to link him...look at Lance Voss!
I do believe a relative (of one of the victims. Name is JusticeSeeker. I see she/he on many forums about this guy and case especially on Topix.) made an entire forum about him, and there police watching him in NC right now waiting for one mistake.

http://missing87975.yuku.com/topic/3869#.Tw12m2_OzY8

[PauloPeter]

Originally Posted by DeeMarieGK ↗

While that is probably the average, yes...but there are way more than that, there are so many cases that link to one person, and there is nothing at this time to link him...
http://missing87975.yuku.com/topic/3869#.Tw12m2_OzY8

one of those outdated serial killer dvd's factoids that no longer apply.

[PauloPeter]

i wonder if the average kill count per serial killer has also gone up..

[DeeMarieGK]

Originally Posted by PauloPeter ↗

one of those outdated serial killer dvd's factoids that no longer apply.

Im sorry? I do not know what you mean.That was a link just to the Lewis/Clark murders/disappearances.

[DeeMarieGK]

Originally Posted by PauloPeter ↗

i wonder if the average kill count per serial killer has also gone up..

Most likely. Especially in North America, and a lot of state officials are pretty mum about any connections, the word serial killer causes a lot of panic. All I care about is if there are non high risk victims in certain areas I feel the public in that area must be notified.
Now I do not mean to sound like I don't care about prostitutes. They know exactly what risks they are taking....but the those Lizard Lots...........that is suicide. I am scared now to get off the I95 to do anything, no matter what time it is.

[DeeMarieGK]

You heard of Cabin 28, right? The Keddie Cabin Massacre? A lot of people thought it was (oh I hate saying or writing this man's name) Joesph Duncan. They never really talked about Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole, which kinda surprised me.....but for those who have been involved.... and there was at least two people....you have to wonder if it was a killing team, or two stumbling idiots that kept quiet for this long? I troll that forum as well. That right there is such a haunting story.