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Truckers Linked to Hundreds of Serial Killings

Road-trip serial killers exploit 'mobile crime scene,' says FBI

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 5, 2009 1:17 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The FBI believes that hundreds of hitchhikers, prostitutes, and stranded motorists have been murdered by serial killers working as long-haul truckers, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some 500 women have been murdered over the last 3 decades and their bodies discarded along highways, and at rest stops and motels frequented by truckers who criss-cross the nation. Agents first began to make the connection 5 years ago when they built a case against a trucker for a string of murders along Oklahoma highways.

After agents launched a "Highway Serial Killings" database, they uncovered information on scores of truckers with rape and murder arrests. Serial killer truckers have "a mobile crime scene," said one investigator. "You can pick a girl up on the East Coast, kill her two states away and dump her three states after that."

Trucker Adam Leroy Lane in court last year on charges he stabbed a woman and several other violent attacks along the East Coast.
Trucker Adam Leroy Lane in court last year on charges he stabbed a woman and several other violent attacks along the East Coast.   (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
The FBI believes hundreds of women have been killed over the last three decades by serial killers working as long-haul truckers.
The FBI believes hundreds of women have been killed over the last three decades by serial killers working as long-haul truckers.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Robert_Dada
Apr 6, 2009 12:33 PM CDT
I was helped from one almost 20 years ago and saved from a potential life threatening situation. It's such a shame we have evolved into this.
Rob
Apr 6, 2009 7:56 AM CDT
Are you kidding me? Most people are still good. Yes, even truckers.
riffran
Apr 6, 2009 7:25 AM CDT
Most of the truckers I have met have been pretty descent stand up folks...but there have been a few though that were straight out of the movie deliverance...."Hey boy...you sure got purty lips"....yikes!

 
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