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Truckers Are Serial Killers

It took law enforcement how long to realize this?The FBI suspects that serial killers working as long-haul truckers are responsible for the slayings of hundreds of prostitutes, hitchhikers and stranded motorists whose bodies have been dumped near highways over the last three decades. Federal authorities first made the connection about five years ago while helping police link a trucker to a string of unsolved killings along Interstate 40 in Oklahoma and several other states. After that, the FBI launched the Highway Serial Killings Initiative to track suspicious slayings and suspect truckers. What?  Five years?  Getting rid of a body is hard work.  How do you explain your travels to odd locations?  "Mike, dude, why are you always leaving your house at 3 a...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 05, 2009 (boomark / email).