Serial killer manhunt stepped up as death toll mounts
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Police are grappling with the grisly task of identifying two new bodies found near a quiet town gripped by fears of a prostitute serial killer, as the death toll rose to five.
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With tens of thousands still unaccounted for, especially in remote regions, the toll seemed certain to continue climbing.
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Police, hunting a serial killer who has murdered five prostitutes, are poring over 10,000 hours of CCTV footage and trying to trace some 50 to 100 people.
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A police manhunt is launched for a convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards at a hospital.
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A police manhunt is launched for a murderer who escaped from prison guards at a hospital.
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The confirmed death toll from the Indian Ocean earthquake continues to rise, more than a week after the disaster.
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A suspected serial killer has been arrested in the deaths of five women in the city in just over a month &#151; and he is also connected to an assault on a woman whose dog ran the attacker off, police said.
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Police hunting a serial killer who is  murdering women at a rate unprecedented in British criminal  history urged prostitutes on Wednesday to stay off the streets.
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French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy announced stepped-up security procedures in hospitals, as police continued to hunt for the killer of two nurses who were murdered in a horrific fashion two nights earlier.
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It's not like anyone from a decaying neighborhood east of downtown is harboring illusions that the place is crime-free. But the discovery of six bodies has raised fears that a serial killer is preying on the area, which one activist calls the most decrepit in the city.
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Police said Monday they believe a single killer was responsible for the slayings of six people whose bodies were found within a blighted 18-block area frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes.
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Police have admitted they &quot;fear the worst&quot; after the latest grisly findings in a probable serial killer probe, as they race against time to prevent the death toll of five rising further.
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Police hunting a serial killer of prostitutes in eastern England said on Thursday two of five victims had been murdered in strikingly similar ways before their naked bodies were dumped.
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The human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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Fears mounted that a serial killer could be at large after the naked corpse of a third prostitute was found within weeks near an English city, and two other sex workers went missing.
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British detectives hunting a serial killer who preys on prostitutes discovered two more bodies Tuesday, police said, bringing the total number of victims to five.
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Police in eastern England are searching rural areas for clues in the deaths of five women, all believed to be prostitutes killed by a serial killer. Police are warning prostitutes to stay off the streets of Ipswich, fearing the killer could strike again. "Clearly it's not safe, they need to stay off the streets," said Chief Supt. Stewart Gull of Suffolk police.