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Serial Killer Ronald James Ward, Jr. Sentenced for Murders in Three States

By David Lohr

The string of killings that were eventually attributed to self-professed racist Ronald James Ward, Jr. began more than eight years ago in Arkansas.  Known as a drifter, as many serial killers are known, Ward crossed paths with 25-year-old Kristin Laurite on August 25, 2000 in the vicinity of Morrilton, Arkansas, just off Interstate 40 between Plumerville and Kenwood in the northwestern part of the state.  Laurite was traveling cross-country from Scotch Plains, New Jersey to California to begin a new teaching job.  She was driving a 1972 Volkswagen bus, and was traveling with her two dogs when she stopped at a rest area to call home with a progress report of her trip and to exercise her two dogs.  The rest area was the last time that anyone saw her alive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).