DNA points to Los Angeles&#39; worst serial killer
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A former pizza deliveryman now in prison for rape is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles history after police used DNA to link him to the slayings of 12 women over more than a decade.
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Police say the Baseline Killer roamed neighborhoods in the Phoenix area for nearly a year, preying on people at random, killing nine and assaulting and robbing others.
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In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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Fears have mounted that a serial killer could be at large after the naked corpse of a third prostitute was found within weeks near a city, and a fourth sex worker went missing.
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Harold Shipman, the family doctor who became Britain's worst-ever serial killer, is thought to have killed about 250 patients over a 27-year period rather than the 215 murders previously attributed to him, an inquiry said.
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Animal DNA is being used as hard evidence in a growing number of "CSI"-type cases to catch criminals of all stripes, from killers to cattle rustlers.
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A man accused of murdering his US wife and baby is expected to fight a request for a DNA sample.
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Florida cops found eight sets of human remains in the woods of Fort Myers nine months ago. Only two of the dead have been identified, and the most vexing question has yet to be answered: Are the grisly discoveries the work of a serial killer?
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Members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race
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A judge ruled Wednesday that serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, who gained notoriety as the &quot;Railroad Killer&quot; linked to at least 15 murders across the country, is mentally competent to be executed next week for the 1998 rape-slaying of a Texas doctor.
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Police must be barred from storing profiles of innocent people on national DNA database, experts say.
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You know, the one about the tormented FBI agent on the trail of a sicko serial killer who loves to taunt a law enforcement nemesis who&#39;s always one step behind and one minute too late to prevent another gruesome slaying.
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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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Serial killers have preyed on prostitutes at least since Jack the Ripper, but two being hunted in England and America are likely murdering them because they are easy marks -- not to fulfill some twisted moral vision, criminologists say.
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The prosecution said it had found contamination in DNA &quot;control&quot; samples intended to guarantee that testing was accurate.
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Shortly after his third suicide attempt, serial killer Michael Ross wrote that life on death row was increasingly unbearable. He described the isolation of sitting in his cell 23 hours a day for years amid the endless slamming of metal and dark thoughts of his own horrific crimes and his impending execution.
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British police hunting a feared serial killer have confirmed the identity of a fifth victim, and said for the first time they are linking all five murders.