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Couple Says Serial Killer Suspect Stalked Wife

Apr 16th 2011 – 4:42PM
Handout / AP

Handout / AP

SAN FRANCISCO - A man charged in four killings that have gained national attention because of similarities in the victim's initials had set his focus on an apartment neighbor 30 years ago, an upstate New York couple said Saturday. Margaret Prisco and Thaddeus Iorizzo said a detective contacted them last fall saying that...

FBI Takes to the Sky in Long Island Serial Killer Search

By David LohrApr 14th 2011 – 2:25PM
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Getty Images

The FBI took to the air today to assist the Long Island serial killer investigation. The federal law enforcement agency is using high-tech planes and helicopters equipped with high-resolution cameras to take aerial images of beach areas where at least eight sets of human remains have been found in the past four...

Body Count Along NY Beach Highway Now at 10

Apr 12th 2011 – 6:21PM
Seth Wenig, AP

Seth Wenig, AP

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The number of possible victims of a serial killer rose to 10 on Tuesday after authorities confirmed that two sets of remains found along a New York highway a day earlier are human. Authorities have not definitively linked all the remains found in the past five months to the same suspect, but they have...

Is Long Island Serial Killer an Ex-Cop? Just Speculation, Expert Says

By David LohrApr 11th 2011 – 3:47PM
Spencer Platt, Getty Images

Spencer Platt, Getty Images

There has been much speculation in the media in the past few days that an ex-cop is the serial killer behind the unsolved slayings of at least four women and perhaps four more in New York. That theory, however, is pretty far-fetched at this point, a former FBI agent told AOL News. "This is all speculative because none of...

Detectives Ramp Up Search for Possible NY Serial Killer

Apr 9th 2011 – 1:49PM
Seth Wenig, AP

Seth Wenig, AP

OAK BEACH, N.Y. - While investigators scour miles of desolate New York beachfront from the tops of fire trucks and map plans for officers to traverse a daunting morass of thicket on horseback in search of more victims, dozens of detectives are inspecting credit card receipts, telephone records, old traffic tickets and even...

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A serial killer is typically defined as an individual who has killed three or more

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