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The Texas Killing Fields (i-45 Murders)

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Over the past 40 years, one desolate strip of land in South Texas has become synonymous with the disappearance and murder of young women and girls. This area has a mysterious and terrifying history, and once you ask “What are the Texas Killing Fields?” you will immediately wish that you didn’t know the answer.

The bone-chilling name given to this rugged 25-mile piece of land bordering the Calder oil field and League City is something out of a real-life horror story. Four bodies have been found within its limits, about a mile from the I-45.

The Texas Killing Fields are part of a 50-mile stretch that runs along Interstate 45, between Houston and the Island city of Galveston, Texas, dubbed the “highway to hell.” There have been 30 bodies found in this haunted place since the early ‘70s.
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The murders began in June 1971, when 13-year-old Colette Wilson went missing after getting off at a bus stop after school. She was found in the Killing Fields some five months later, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Throughout the '70s the murders of adolescent and teenage girls continued, all dead from a gunshot wound, all found in and around the Killing Fields.

The fragmented police from the neighboring small towns thought the rampage to be the work of a serial killer. Suspects came forward, but the police lacked the evidence to link them to the murders.
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The pile of unsolved cases grew through the '80s and '90s. Some bodies were found, some women simply went missing, cars abandoned nearby, never to be seen again. The murders and mysterious disappearances continued through 2006, when suddenly an eerie quiet descended on the wasteland.
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https://www.bustle.com/articles/185...fields-this-mystery-will-keep-you-up-at-night
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Author examines three decades of murder along I-45 and the Texas killing fields

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Weeks of storms soaked the tree-rimmed clearing in League City, carving puddles several inches deep. Yet Kathryn Caseyventured into the muck on a recent afternoon, braced against the rain and cold with a black raincoat and umbrella.
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This area off Calder Drive is known as the "Texas killing fields," part of a swampy stretch along busy Interstate 45 where more than 20 girls and women died mysteriously during three decades. The Houston Chronicle and Galveston's Daily News ran full-page charts with maps and photos of the female victims, mostly teenagers, who were strangled, shot or savagely beaten.

These charts haunted Casey, a true crime and mystery writer who moved to the Houston area in 1981. She spent three years researching these murders for her new book, "Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields."
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[doublepost=1516545517][/doublepost]1970's Victims


Colette Wilson - Age 13, Caucasian. She was dopped off by Band Leader at a bus stop in Alvin on June 17, 1971. She disappeared, then her nude body was found close to I-10 and highway 6. Near Addicks Reservoir in west Houston, some 35 to 40 miles from where last seen 5 months earlier. She had been killed by a gunshot to head and her band instrument was never located. The remains of Colette Willson were found within 35 yards from where the body of 19 year old Gloria Gonzales was later discovered


Brenda Jones - Age 14, brunette. Disappeared while walking to Galveston hospital, close to I-45 to visit an aunt on July 11, 1971. Her body was found the next day floating in nearby Galveston Bay, close to the Seawolf Parkway and near I-45. She had a slip crammed in her mouth and had died of a head wound.

Rhonda "Renee" Johnson- Age 14. Disappeared with best friend Sharon Shaw on August 4, 1971. Last seen on Galveston's Seawall Blvd.

Sharon Shaw- Age 14. Disappeared with best friend Renee Johnson on August 4, 1971. The girls were last seen on Galveston's Seawall Blvd.

Gloria Gonzales - Age 19, brunette. She disappeared on October 28, 1971 near her home in Houston. Her body was found near Addick's Reservoir in west Houston, within 35 yards from where the body of Colette Wilson had been discovered months earlier. She died from blunt force trauma to the head.


Alison Craven - Age 12, Caucasian. Her mother returned home from after running errands for 1 hour on November 9th 1971. Her daughter was missing from their apartment near I-45. Police later found partial remains in a nearby field, two hands along with bones from an arm and some teeth. On Feb 25, 1972 the rest of her skeleton was found in a Pearland field, also near I-45 and 5 to10 miles from where she was last seen.


Debbie Ackerman - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. Ball High School students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson both from Galveston, they went to shop for gifts at a Galveston mall. Both disappeared on November 11, 1971 and they were found dead two days later. 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. They were in Turner's Bayou in Texas City where fishermen saw them floating, both girls were shot twice before being dumped in the water. Their hands and feet bound and both were only partially clothed.


Maria Johnson - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. Ball High School students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson both from Galveston, they went to shop for gifts at a Galveston mall. Both disappeared on November 11, 1971 and they were found dead two days later. 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. Their bodies were in Turner's Bayou in Texas City where fishermen saw them floating, both girls were shot twice before being dumped in the water. Their hands and feet bound and both were only partially clothed.


Kimberly Pitchford - Age 16, Caucasian. Last seen at a driving school in Pasadena near I-45 on January 3, 1973. She was supposed to call home for ride but the call never came. Her strangled cadaver was found two days later in a ditch near Angleton near the 288 highway, about 30 miles south of where she was last seen. Her uncle Ray Pitchford, said a possible serial killer was known to have attended the school about the same time. However, nothing has ever come of his statement and the authorities still deem the case unsolved.


Georgia Geer - Age 14, Caucasian, brunette. Brooks Bracewell and Georgia Geer had skipped school on September 6, 1974. Both disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.


Brooks Bracewell - Age 12, Caucasian, brunette. Brooks Bracewell and Georgia Geer had skipped school on September 6, 1974. Both disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.

Suzanne Bowers- Age 12. Left her grandparents' home in Galveston on May 21, 1977, in order to get a swimsuit from her home. She never arrived.


From:
http://psu-sk.tripod.com/frames/i45-victims.html

With slight editing by me
 
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1980's Victims


Unknown Doe - Age about 14 to17, Caucasian, brunette. Dumped on I-45 about five miles north of Huntsville on November 1, 1980. She was nude, had been strangled with pantyhose and had human bites on her body. Described as 5'4" tall, 110 pounds. A truckdriver found her body.


Tamara Ellen McCurry - Age 22, Caucasian, brunette, brown eyes. Disappeared in Galveston after seen getting into an orange or yellow van on July 1, 1982.


Heidi Villerial Fye - Age 23, Caucasian, brunette. First victim found in the "Killing Fields" case, for more information push HERE.


Sandra Ramber - Age 14, Caucasian, brunette, brown eyes. Disappeared on October 26, 1983 form her house in Santa Fe, Texas. A small town close to League City and Friendswood. The case has been determined to be foul play and she is still a missing person. Her father reported her missing after he found the doors unlocked. Biscuits were cooking in the kitchen, her new coat and her purse were where she left them. She had just completed modeling school and wanted to becoming a model.


Jane Doe - Age ?, Caucasian, brunette. Second victim found in the "Killing Fields" case


Laura Lynn Miller - Age 16, Caucasian, brunette. Third victim found in the "Killing Fields" case


Headless Woman - Age ?. April, 1986 police recover a headless body from a garbage bag in a state park in Galveston, the body remains unidentified.


Shelley Kathleen Sikes - Age 19, Caucasian, brunette, brown eyes. The University of Texas student who was home for the summer, was last seen just before midnight May 24, 1986. She left her summer job at Gaido's restaurant for her Texas City home but never made it. Her car was found on I-45's northbound feeder road, just north of the Causeway. In the deep mud just north of the Santa Fe overpass, the car was blood spattered and the driver's window smashed. Her body was never recovered, but Bayview resident John Robert King and El Lago resident Gerald Peter Zwarst later were convicted of aggravated kidnapping, the most severe charge prosecutors could pursue without a body, in the case.


Laurie Lee Tremblay - Age15. One of Anthony Allen Shore's strangulation victims, killed September 26, 1986. She was last seen alive walking from her family's apartment to the bus stop, her body was later found behind a restaurant. Shore once reportedly lived in League City, the Galveston city where the infamous "Killing Fields" are located. Where 4 other victims have were discovered between 1983 and 1991.


Michelle Doherty Thomas - Age 17, Caucasian, brunette. Still missing, she was last seen leaving her Alta Loma home to meet friends on October 5, 1985.


Erica Ann Garcia - Age 14, Hispanic, brunette. June 7, 1987 she disappeared from teen club in Houston. Found behind nearby vacant building, she had been strangled to death


Suzanne Rene Richerson - Age 22, Caucasian, brunette. Worked as a night clerk at Casa Del Mar Condominiums in Galveston, Texas where she was last seen on October 7, 1988 at approximately 6:00 a.m. Another employee was sleeping in the room above Richerson's office and awoke to a scream, then a car door slam from the parking lot and another scream before the car drove away. The last people to see her were the security guards who got off duty at 6 a.m. She left behind her purse, school books and car. One of her shoes was found in the parking lot but she is still missing. On July 31, 2002, suspect Gabriel Soto age 39 died from an apparent from an overdose of drugs. Soto was never charged in this case but investigators said they believed he played a role in Richerson's disappearance.


Another Jane Doe - Age between 14-19, brunette. Discovered in a wooded area on the east side of Houston on September 19, 1989. Described as between 5'2" and 5'5" and between 110 and 130 lbs. Cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and estimated time of death 1 to 3 months.




From:
http://psu-sk.tripod.com/frames/i45-victims.html

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1990's Victims


Janet Doe - Age ?, Caucasian, brunette. Forth victim found in the "Killing Fields" case


Maria Del Carmen Estrada - Age 21, Hispanic, brunette.One of Anthony Allen Shore's strangulation victims, killed in April 1992. Estrada was last seen when she left her home to walk to work. Her body was found hours later in the drive through lane of a Dairy Queen restaurant. Shore once reportedly lived in League City, the Galveston city where the infamous "Killing Fields" are located. Where 4 other victims have were discovered between 1983 and 1991.


Trellis Sykes - Age 16 Abducted on way to school in Houston on May 13, 1994. Found later that same day in a field murdered.


Diana Rebollar - Age 9, brunette. One of Anthony Allen Shore's strangulation victims, killed August 7, 1994. Her mother had sent her to a near by convenience store to buy sugar. Diana's body was found behind a vacant building at 1440 North Loop West. She had been raped, beaten and strangled. Shore once reportedly lived in League City, the Galveston city where the infamous "Killing Fields" are located.


Dana Sanchez - Age 16, Hispanic, brunette. One of Anthony Allen Shore's strangulation victims, killed in July 6, 1995. She was last seen talking to her boyfriend on a pay phone at West Cavalcade Street. She told him she planned to hitchhike to his home but never arrived. Her body was found in North View Park on July 14. She had been raped, beaten and strangled.


Lynette Bibbs - Age 14 Disappeared with friend Tamara Fisher from teen club in Houston on February 1, 1996. Left dumped on side of rural road near Cleveland, Texas, two days later. Partially clothed and shot twice in back of head and once in the thigh.


Tamara Fisher - Age 15 Last seen with friend Lynette Bibbs at Houston teen club on February 1, 1996. Left dumped on side of rural raod near Cleveland, Texas. Fully clothed and murdered by gunshot wound to the head.


Krystal Jean Baker - Age 13, Caucasian, blonde, dark eyes. Disappeared on March 5, 1996 from Convenience Store in Texas City where she used the phone. In hopes for a ride to a friends house in Bayou Vista, which is a short distance from there. Her body was found a few hours later under the I-10 Bridge over the Trinity River in Chambers County. She had been strangled, beaten, sexually assaulted and killed by ligature strangulation. Her face was badly beaten. Closest highway from where she was last seen is I-45, Hwy 3 and Hwy 146 which goes along Bay toward where body was found miles away. Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Baker was Krystal's great aunt.


Teen Girl (Abducted) - Age 13. March 1996 a man who abducted her at gunpoint as she was walking home from a shopping center. She leaped out of his truck in 200 block of East Fairmont in La Porte, Texas. A police officer just happen to drive by the truck witnessed the girl falling out of the truck. The pickup truck is a late mode Ford Ranger, green with suspect as 35-45, 6 ft or 6'2", with graying black hair and beard. The truck was never seen before or after this incident.


Laura Kate Smither - Age 12, Caucasian, brunette. The aspiring ballerina disappeared April 3, 1997 while jogging near her home in Friendswood, Texas near I-45. Seventeen days later her body was found at the edge of a retention pond in Pasadena near I-45. She was nude except for one sock and a ring, her head was decapitated. A dark colored pickup was observed in same area as where last seen and composite sketch of person in truck. When Smither's body was found in the Pasadena retention pond, investigators took notice of some obvious similarities between her abduction and death and that of 9 year old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas 3 months earlier. Both girls' bodies were dumped in waterways, nude except for their socks. It could not be conclusively determined if the two cases are related or not. However, sex offender William Lewis Reece is the prime suspect in Laura Smither and Jessica Cain deaths but did he do it? Information, including allegations of evidence tampering, surfaced. The autopsy report indicated that African American hairs found on the girl's body were contaminants and that did not come from the crime scene. Note the Amber Hagerman death, then also note the abduction of Sandra Sapaugh and the disappearance of Jessica Cain.


Sandra Sapaugh (Abducted) - Dark complexion, brunette. She was fixing a flat on NASA Road 1 in Webster, across I-45 from Friendswood on May 16, 1997. When she says William Lewis Reece was the man who kidnapped her by pulling a knife on her and forced her into his truck. He ordered her to undress but she opened the passenger door and jumped out of the fast moving truck. Reece was charged with aggravated kidnapping of Sapaugh. Reece also is a suspect in the murder of Laura Smither and the disappearance of Jessica Cain.


Jessica Lee Cain - Age 17, Caucasian, brunette. Still missing after leaving friends at a Bennigan's restaurant in Webster about 2 a.m. on August 17, 1997. Two hours later her truck was found along I-45 in La Marque, there was no signs of struggle and her truck was operational. Witnesses saw her walking from her parked truck towards a red Isuzu Amigo that was stopped behind her truck. ***UPDATED** Jessica's body was found in 2016. Thanks, @notchback .


Tina Flood - Age 23, Caucasian, blonde. November 29, 1998 a police officer pulled over Jonathan David Drew and found Flood beaten and barely alive in his front passenger seat. A waitress, she had befriended Drew at a night club. She died days later and he was convicted for her death. Drew is also suspected of several sexual assaults and it is speculated he could be responsible for the slaying of Jessica Lee Cain. A search of his former home in League City, where his parents still lived produced a vial containing several human teeth. Though Drew's age would not match the time line of the "Killing Fields" murders but he did rape other women in the area.


Wanda May Pitts - Age 18, Caucasian, blonde. January 17, 1999 was at work the lobby desk at the Lodge Motel in Shenandoah. A job she had for about two months and she did not have a car. William Ray Mathews a drifter abducted her, took her to one of the motel rooms where he sexually assaulted her before strangling her to death. He couldn't recall where he had put her body but about a year later her remains where found off an abandon gated drive way.


Tracy Vickery (Abducted) - Caucasian, brunette. Weeks after Wanda May Pitts had vanished, Mathews attempted to abduct Vickery from the office where she sold mobile homes. The Country Time Mobile Homes just happened to located on the other side of I-45 from the Lodge Motel. He came in with a briefcase, sat down and wrote her a note. She was to do what he said because he had a gun and would kill her if she did not. He forced Vickery into his truck, then he drove off down I-45 with her but she leap from his moving truck. He tried to pull her back in by her hair but he couldn't, she got away and ran to the Gulf Cost Trades Center to save herself.


Amber Hagerman - Age 9, Caucasian, brunette, brown eyes. The Amber Alert is named after Amber Hagerman, this national program is dedicated to all children nationwide who’ve been abducted. On January 1996, she was riding her bicycle in a parking lot near her home. A neighbor heard her scream, then saw a man pull her off her bike, throw her into the front seat of his dark pickup truck and drive away at a high speed. January 17, 1996 Amber’s body was found in a drainage ditch located by apartments which are located on Green Oaks Blvd a short distance west of Highway 360 in Arlington, Texas. She had been sexually assaulted and her throat had been cut multiple times with a knife. Like in the case of Laura Smither, both girls were nude except for socks. If the two cases are related cannot be conclusively determined. Though the prime suspect in Smither's death is William Lewis Reece, a known sex offender.



From:
http://psu-sk.tripod.com/frames/i45-victims.html

With slight editing by me
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If you have a Scribd account, Kathryn Casey's book (mentioned in the above Houston Chronicle story) is available as subscriber selection. I am off to read!
 
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Thanks for putting the work in Frayed! I can't say I love this shit. But I can say I'm completely fascinated by it. Best theory to date is long haul trucker/serial killer.
[doublepost=1516563163,1516562927][/doublepost]Robert Rhoades is the worst piece of shit I've ever read about. If I had a time machine I'd go back and kill that fucker a 100 different times. I HATE HIM...
 
I am going to start on a series of suspect profiles.

Some of them actually served time for some of the murders, but may have been wrongly convicted.

Some, who were incarcerated for other murders, confessed to murdering some of the victims but were not prosecuted for them due to insufficient evidence.

Some were strong suspects but could not be tied to the crimes.

It will take some time to go through them all, but I am going to start with Michael Lloyd Self, who was convicted, based on what is now thought to be a coerced confession, of the murders of Rhonda "Renee" Johnson and Sharon Shaw.

Stay tuned, lol ;)
 
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Jessica Lee Cain - Age 17, Caucasian, brunette. Still missing after leaving friends at a Bennigan's restaurant in Webster about 2 a.m. on August 17, 1997. Two hours later her truck was found along I-45 in La Marque, there was no signs of struggle and her truck was operational. Witnesses saw her walking from her parked truck towards a red Isuzu Amigo that was stopped behind her truck.
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Her body was found in 2016. She sure looks a lot older than 17. I would have guess her in her mid-20's as an elementary school teacher..
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/nei...irmed-to-be-those-of-Jessica-Cain-7252135.php
 
Michael Lloyd Self

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In January of 1972, boys fishing on Taylor Bayou near Webster, Texas found a skull that was determined to be that of a young girl. Six weeks later, authorities would find the rest of her remains and those of a second victim in a nearby field.

Dental records confirmed the remains were those of Rhonda "Renee" Johnson and Sharon Shaw, both 14, who went missing in August of 1971.

In early June of 1972, authorities arrested and charged 23-year-old Michael Lloyd Self with the murders of both girls. Mike Self, known by locals as "Slow Mike" was determined to be intellectually disabled. Self worked as an attendant at a service station the girls were know to have frequented. He had a previous brush with the law for "window peeping" in 1970, but in exchange for undergoing psychiatric treatment, no charges were filed.

Days earlier, police briefly questioned Self at his place of work. He agreed to go to the Webster police department after his shift ended for further questioning. After three hours of interrogation, Self signed a written confession to the murders.

There were several problems with both Self's "confession" and his eventual conviction; the first being that officers threatened and physically assaulted Self in order to obtain his confession. In addition, his first confession was found to not be consistent with the physical evidence of the case, so officers "helped" Self construct a revised confession that was a better match. This was corroborated by another investigator as was the coercion. When asked by his attorney why he had signed two confessions, Self told him the investigator had held a gun to his head. The investigator later said the gun was not loaded.

Two days after his arrest, Self was given a polygraph. He failed. The examiner judged that the confession of the man under arrest was not truthful.

He could not answer basic questions about the crimes without coaching from law enforcement.

Despite his likely coerced confessions and attempts to recant, the state found that both confessions were voluntarily given and admissible. Michael Self was convicted of murder on May 15, 1973 and sentenced to life in prison. Because of his intellectual disability, he was not eligible for the death penalty. The conviction was affirmed in December 1974 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

In 1980, a man walked into a police station in Taylor Lake, TX and confessed to the murders of both girls. Although it was a vague confession and the man was determined to be psychotic, he knew about a piece of evidence withheld by police. This same evidence was never mentioned by Self in his "confessions". This man also knew the girls and had lived in the same apartment complex as one of them.

Despite this development, Self's conviction was upheld.

Self was denied parole in 1992, and in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a new trial.

Michael Lloyd Self died in prison in 2000.

Convicted killer Edward Bell has since confessed to the murders of Renee and Sharon as well as those of several other girls, but has not been charged with any of them.


Also of note: Three years after Mike Self's 1973 conviction, two of the investigators involved in the case (and Self's interrogation )were charged with a bank robbery in Dallas, TX. They were part of a gang that had been robbing banks since the early seventies.



Sources cited:
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Lloyd_Self

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/973/1198/386343/

http://tx.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19740918_0041265.TX.htm/qx

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Rhonda_Johnson_and_Sharon_Shaw
 
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notchback said:
Her body was found in 2016. She sure looks a lot older than 17. I would have guess her in her mid-20's as an elementary school teacher..
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/nei...irmed-to-be-those-of-Jessica-Cain-7252135.php
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Thank you, @notchback . Updated!
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Sejanus said:
Fascinating reads!
Thankd so much @FrayedKnot.
Stellar work!
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Thank you, @Sejanus.

Being a former (briefly) Houstonian and married to one, these murders have fascinated me for some time. I think the scope and scale of the thing is intriguing, alone.

Looking forward to doing more write ups. If anyone else wants to contribute, well groovy! ;)
 
cubby said:
Thanks @FrayedKnot, for some reason I thought these murders had stoppedlong time before the early 2000's.

I agree with @Prelude to Ruin, can't something be done to make that area a little more unappealing to so many killers? A police substation or something near there?
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You have to see the area. It is a huge stretch, mostly open fields, oil refineries and bayous. The main focus of the murders is the route between Houston and Galveston. I have driven that part of I-45 many times and between the two cities there is a whole lotta NOTHIN'. Constant surveillance, even at the peak of the killings, would be near impossible.

Also, I sincerely believe we are talking about the work of multiple serial killers, here. There are simply too many bodies over an extraordinary length of time for it to be attributed to a single killer.

Of course, Gary Ridgeway might prove me wrong.

Again, I am only beginning to wade through the information that is out there, including court docs for those convicted of some of the murders.

It is a monumental task, but my teefs are firmly into this.....;)
 
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Oh yeah there's definitely more than one most likely could be up to 10 to 15. some of them with only 1-2 killings dumped there, with more somewhere else.
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Agree. It is the area that invites dumping of bodies.

If I were inclined to killing people, I can see that corridor as being prime dumping grounds.

That said, I still feel the concentration of dead bodies is rather high, but that is not scientific, but merely my gut feeling given the sheer numbers.
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Sejanus said:
It is rare I say it this way,
but she was a major knockout!

17 going on 28.
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Exactly. And doesn't she just look like a school teacher there? When I first looked her up, I thought they had to have the wrong picture there.


To me, this is the work of more than one killer. It's interesting how all the '70's victims, with 2 exceptions, are 12-15, the exceptions being 16 and 19. I would be willing to bet that the 19 year old and probably the 16 year old were not the work of the one who did the others, possibly even the 15 year olds, since they disappeared together. When a offender is focused on a younger aged girl, they usually won't even go for the older ones. It doesn't give them the same rush. I don't think he/she would have gone for an older girl.
 
Sejanus said:
Pretty sure it is the work of multiple perps.
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I think that is the general consensus. As I said I am still researching but from what I have gleaned, there are several MO’s. Meaning that these killings are probably the work of not one, but several serial killers, with a few random homicides thrown in for good measure.

I meant to note, and will edit, that the victim Laura Lynn Miller is the daughter of Texas Equusearch founder Tim Miller. Her murder was the impetus for his mission to help families of the missing recover their loved ones.
[doublepost=1516677759,1516667231][/doublepost]Next up in the suspect profiles:
Edward Harold Bell.

Still working on the writeup. Hopefully can post tomorrow.
 
This is in my neck of the woods. The area around the "Killing Fields" is growing, with apartments and an outlet mall on the other side of the freeway. Even with the hustle and bustle, that plot is still very sad and somber. I highly recommend "Deliver Us". It's a great read. I'll add "The Eleven" to my watch list. Thanks for the info, Frayed!
 
Brillig said:
@FrayedKnot .... Welcome back!!!
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Tyvm! Missed you whackadoos!
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bmoore77 said:
This is in my neck of the woods. The area around the "Killing Fields" is growing, with apartments and an outlet mall on the other side of the freeway. Even with the hustle and bustle, that plot is still very sad and somber. I highly recommend "Deliver Us". It's a great read. I'll add "The Eleven" to my watch list. Thanks for the info, Frayed!
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My pleasure!

I have lived in that area, too, and even with the growth, there is still a sense of desolation in areas.

I mentioned “Deliver Us” upthread and it is a very good read, yes. Kathryn Casey knows her Texas crIme. Well researched.
 
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury in Oklahoma has recommended a death sentence for an alleged serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping a woman from a car wash and killing her more than 20 years ago.

The jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for William Lewis Reece, who was convicted last week of first-degree murder for the 1997 kidnapping and killing of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston. Formal sentencing is set for Aug. 19.

Reece did not testify at his trial, but the jury heard recordings of his confessions to police in which he admitted killing Johnston and three other people in Texas, The Oklahoman reported.
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www.thestar.com

Oklahoma jury recommends death for alleged serial killer

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A jury in Oklahoma has recommended a death sentence for an alleged serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping a woman from a car wash and killing her more than 20 years ago.
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A little more than two months after an Oklahoma jury recommended a death sentence, serial killer William Lewis Reece’s fate has been sealed by a judge over the death of a teen, according to news reports and the case’s docket.

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During Reece’s trial for strangling newlywed Tiffany Johnston to death in a car wash, jurors reportedly heard the man’s confessions to four separate slayings in 1997: three in Texas and one in Oklahoma. Reece had been previously serving a 65-year sentence for the aggravated kidnapping of Sandra Sapaugh, who jumped out of a car and lived to tell police about her brush with a man authorities called a “true predator,” according to the ABC-affiliated TV station KTRK.

Johnston was not able to escape Reece with her life. The killer choked her to death at age 19 that same year. The teen disappeared in July 1997, when authorities spotted her Dodge Neon with her keys in the ignition. But she reportedly was not in the car.
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