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Aug 2019
51m 1s

SERIAL KILLER: The Hillside Strangler

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Between October of 1977 and February of 1978, a serial killer terrorized women in Southern California. Originally preying upon sex workers in Los Angeles, this offender began to target young women irregardless of race or background, before simply vanishing for good. It wasn't until a year later that police were able to link a separate crime to this spree, an ... Show More
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