Word: killers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have seen studies on highway deaths," says Jacques Couture, an athletic, bearded Quebecois of 37, who presides at the Jim Russell International Racing Drivers School, near Mont Tremblant. "Speed is only the No. 3 factor. Equipment failure is second. According to these studies, the deadliest killer is driver error...
Despite an investigation that has grown to include more than 50 detectives, police at week's end had no solid clues to the identity of the so-called .44 Caliber Killer - only reports from a few witnesses that he is a dark-haired white man in his late 20s or early 30s who fires his revolver while holding it in both hands, police style. Hunting for clues, experts have thoroughly analyzed his note to Breslin, plus another letter left at a murder scene filled with such violent and repulsive language that it has not been released to the public...
...murderers, the Son of Sam seems intent on killing women. Most of his attacks have been on long haired brunettes, many of them sitting in parked cars at night with their boy friends. Two of the male victims were wearing shoulder-length brown hair, and police think that the killer may have mistaken them for females...
Terrified parents in the area are now insisting that their daughters wear their long hair up, bleach it, or have their dates at home. Some girls have decided not to date until the killer is caught, and others are adopting unusual evening wear: loose sweaters and large caps to disguise themselves as males. "I'm scared," said one Queens girl. "I used to kiss my boyfriend in front of the house...
Police have checked mental hospital records, tracked dozens of suspects for days, investigated many false confessions, and even talked to a few nervous wives who suspected they were married to the killer - all to no avail. Law authorities have also had witnesses hypnotized to aid their recall of details, and have vainly asked astrologers to predict the next killing- just on the chance that the murderer is himself a follower of astrology...