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May 2019
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“The Ypsilanti Ripper” Pt. 2 - John Norm...

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After successfully murdering four women in Eastern Michigan without a whiff of suspicion in 1969, John Norman Collins began to believe he would never be caught. He grew increasingly brash, returning to crime scenes and toying with police. 

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