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FBI suspects link between truckers, serial killers
From Associated Press
April 05, 2009 6:34 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES - The FBI suspects there's a link between long-haul truckers and serial killers, and runs a national program to track murders along popular trucking routes, according to a newspaper report.
The Los Angeles Times reports that federal authorities first made the connection five years ago while investigating a string of unsolved killings along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma and several other states.
After patterns started emerging, the FBI launched the Highway Serial Killings Initiative to track suspicious slayings and suspect truckers.
A computer database now includes more than 500 female murder victims whose bodies were discarded at truck stops, motels and other locations.
From Associated Press
April 05, 2009 6:34 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES - The FBI suspects there's a link between long-haul truckers and serial killers, and runs a national program to track murders along popular trucking routes, according to a newspaper report.
The Los Angeles Times reports that federal authorities first made the connection five years ago while investigating a string of unsolved killings along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma and several other states.
After patterns started emerging, the FBI launched the Highway Serial Killings Initiative to track suspicious slayings and suspect truckers.
A computer database now includes more than 500 female murder victims whose bodies were discarded at truck stops, motels and other locations.