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Police were searching victim DNA for one serial killer. Instead, they discovered a possible new one

By Andrea Cavallier,

3 hours ago

A 29-year-old woman strangled and abandoned on the interstate in 1992 matched the victim profile of ‘The Interstate Killer’. But DNA evidence instead linked her to another long haul truck driver — who has now been charged with four murders, writes

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