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New Bedford Highway Killer

Year
1988
Where
Massachusetts
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
1
What the record says

The New Bedford Highway Killer is an unidentified serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least nine women and the disappearances of two additional women in New Bedford, Massachusetts, between March 1988 and April 1989. The killer is also suspected to have assaulted numerous other women. All the killer's victims were known prostitutes or had struggles with addiction.

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