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Fake Cop Blamed in Mississippi Murders

Coroner: This stuff is TV-worthy

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 15, 2012 5:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – Police are stumped as to who's behind a pair of Mississippi highway murders, but they have some ideas: The killer could be a police impostor, they say. Over the course of three days, two people were separately found dead in their cars—both on the sides of highways, Reuters reports. They had been shot in the early morning, and there were no witnesses, police say.

"There's only two people that could give us any information on what's happened and, it's sad to say, but they can't answer any questions at this time." If not a fake cop, the killer could be pretending to have car trouble, officers note. "This is stuff you see off of TV. It's not something you see in Mississippi," a coroner says.

A police impersonator might be to blame in Mississippi slayings.
A police impersonator might be to blame in Mississippi slayings.   (Shutterstock)
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Nxxxx
May 16, 2012 1:57 AM CDT
If there are no witnesses and there's no physical evidence at this stage, 'fake cop' and 'car trouble' are the vaguest of suggestions...they're not conclusions. That makes the headline another Newser 'misleader'. 
The_Old_Wolf
May 15, 2012 10:39 PM CDT
Really. This sounds like an episode of "Criminal Minds," starring "the Reaper."
Observer
May 15, 2012 6:45 PM CDT
Who said it is a "fake" cop.. real cops shoot people frequently. 
 

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