L.A.'s Largest Serial Killer Suspect Found After 30 Years

shanti

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Sun May-03-09 01:55 AM
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L.A.'s Largest Serial Killer Suspect Found After 30 Years

anyone remember this case? i wonder what a profiler would say about him? how did he manage to evade capture for so long?

The Los Angeles police department using DNA evidence has tied a 72-year old man to two waves of serial killing. Police suspect John Thomas of killing two women and maybe 30 more over a period of 50 years.
A wave of killings in the 1970s terrorized women. Mostly middle aged and older women who lived alone were raped and strangled. The killer placed blankets and pillows over the 17 who were killed. A decade later five older women were killed in much the same way, again with pillows and blankets placed over their faces...

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271830

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mackerel

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Sun May-03-09 02:06 PM
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1. I remember the Hillside Strangler when I was living in Bel Air.

Is this the same case?

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shanti

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Sun May-03-09 02:16 PM
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2. nope, different dude

Edited on Sun May-03-09 02:18 PM by shanti

this guy, john thomas, is the westside rapist. he does not fit the profile of a serial killer, probably why it took so long to find him. 90% of serial killers are white and from 25-35. i'm sure the psychs are going to have a field day with mr. thomas...if he lives long enough to tell them...

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