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Serial Killer’s Brains

Full Article New tools for solving the ultimate crime mystery By Katherine Ramsland in Shadow Boxing Edward Rulloff believed that one day his brain would be valuable for science, but not for the reasons he anticipated. He was a self-proclaimed genius, but also a serial killer and it was the latter that attracted scientific attention. After Rulloff was executed [ READ MORE ]

Another Cleroux Victim?

Source Ottawa police have found human remains in a forest off of Albion Road, which they believe could be linked to the case against accused serial killer Camille Cleroux. Cleroux, 58, is accused of killing ex-wives Lise Roy and Jean Rock, as well as former neighbour Paula Leclair, over a period of two decades. Police [ READ MORE ]

Forensic Labs Shutting Down

The top scientist behind a DNA breakthrough that solved a notorious triple murder has warned future research may be put in jeopardy by the closure of the Forensic Science Service (FSS). Dr Jonathan Whitaker, a senior forensic scientist at the government-run company, said the planned closure of the FSS next month could put an end [ READ MORE ]

NY Serial Killer Sentenced to 75 Years

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A New York serial killer who was convicted after he voluntarily gave up a DNA sample has been sentenced to 75 years to life in prison. Francisco Acevedo was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty in November of killing three women — Kimberly Moore, Tawanda Hodges and Maria Ramos — [ READ MORE ]

Serial Killer Joseph Naso’s Rape Diary

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — A diary documenting rapes and sexual assaults of underage girls and women was found along with posed photographs of two Northern California slaying victims in the home of a suspected serial killer, a homicide detective testified Wednesday. Nevada Department of Public Safety Det. Richard Brown, the lead investigator on the case, [ READ MORE ]

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Solves Cold Case

The GBI released this statement on the case Wednesday: 1974 Disappearance and Murder of Teenaged Warner Robins Girl Solved Perry, GA-On August 1, 1974, Ima Jean Sanders, a white female then 13 years old, disappeared from Warner Robins, GA, where she resided. In April 1976, skeletal remains of a young female were found in a [ READ MORE ]

DNA Exposes Serial Killer

Full Stories Here and Here On Monday Francisco Acevedo, 43,  was found guilty of killing three New York women more than 15 years ago. He had not ever been a suspect in the murders. The police had looked at over 100 suspects and Acevedo was not one of them. Maria Ramos, 26, of the Bronx, killed in February [ READ MORE ]

Take a Chilling Look Inside the Baseline Killer Case

The Baseline Killer was first dubbed the Baseline Rapist after Phoenix police announced that a sturdy, light-skinned black man was sexually assaulting females as young as 12 years old at gunpoint near Baseline Road. He evolved into the Baseline Killer in the spring of 2006 after investigators began to link a series of murders and armed [ READ MORE ]

Man Thought to be Victim of Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy Found Alive.

Siblings who feared their brother was one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy‘s eight unidentified victims were amazed and overjoyed to learn that he’s been living in Florida for decades.Tim Lovell and Theresa Hasselberg hadn’t seen their brother, Harold Wayne Lovell, since he left their family’s Chicago home in May 1977 in search of construction work. [ READ MORE ]

Can Speech Help Us Identify Psychopaths?

NEW YORK — Psychopaths are known to be wily and manipulative, but even so, they unconsciously betray themselves, according to scientists who have looked for patterns in convicted murderers’ speech as they described their crimes. The researchers interviewed 52 convicted murderers, 14 of them ranked as psychopaths according to the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, a 20-item assessment, [ READ MORE ]

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