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Serial Killer Index Short List
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Serial Killer Index
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  SIDNEY Sniper USA ... ... ... 5
1996 1997 Richmond VI
Verdict/Urteil:
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Nicknamed for the Richmond, Virginia, neighborhood that he terrorized during the early 1960s, the "Sidney sniper" killed five persons and wounded seven others in a series of hit-and-run attacks. Never identified, the gunman "retired" as suddenly and mysteriously as he had launched his campaign, leaving police baffled in his wake. Ironically, the random shootings had a beneficial side effect on Richmond's high-crime district, with streets deserted and the local crime rate dropping sharply during the sniper's year of peak activity.
Copyright 1995-2005 by Elisabeth Wetsch
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