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Jan 2023
37m 55s

"The Brooklyn Strangler" Vincent Johnson

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By the time he aged out of the foster system, Vincent Johnson had already shown signs of being violent. As an adult, he became increasingly unstable while living on the streets of Brooklyn. Then as his rage grew, he targeted women in his neighborhood, some of whom knew each other. 

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