Gandhinagar

serial killer

Adalaj

Ahmedabad

Jay Momai tea stall

Residents ofdistrict are in panic mode as thewho murdered three persons in villages of the district roams freely. Recently, based on CCTV footages from near crime spots, the Gandhinagar police released a sketch of the suspect. He was identified as a eunuch by a group with whom he used to beg. However, not much has happened beyond this point. Four days ago, the police narrowly missed him when they got information that he was at a tea stall nearcrossroads. However, by the time they reached there, he had escaped.According to Gandhiangar police, the accused murdered three persons in Dantali, Koba and Shertha villages between October last year and January this year. When there was no headway in the case, Gandhinagar superintendent of police Mayur Chavda formed a special investigation team to crack it. They checked CCTV footages near the crime scenes and zeroed in on a person who was spotted at all the three places. The footage showed him wearing a long coat and cap.Based on it, the cops got a sketch of the suspect prepared. When they showed the sketch around, a group of eunuchs near one of the toll booths around, they identified him as their companion Rani. They said he used to beg along with them but had not been seen for past six months. Meanwhile, four days ago, Gandhinagar cops got information that he was present atnear Adalaj crossroads, but by the time they reached there, he had fled.Those working at the stall told police that the person had visited the stall early in the morning and asked for tea. He did not speak much, they said, adding that he had a brief conversation with one of the employees. “He perhaps asked why we sell tea for Rs 15 while it is sold elsewhere for Rs 10,” they recalled.However, according to them, he did not sound or act like a eunuch. He was wearing a cap and his face was partially covered as it was very cold the day he visited. However, when Mirror spoke to a few police officials, they said that his behaviour was like that of a eunuch. Sahdevsinh Padheriya in-charge police inspector of Adalaj police station, told Mirror, “We have been able to get access to some CCTV footages and we believe that we will be able to catch the suspect very soon.”The killer had used the same weapon to commit all the three murders. The modus operandi was the same in all the cases. He used to target victims at desolate spots and would shoot them from the back.</s>Police investigating the slayings of seven women whose bodies were found in northwest Indiana over the weekend said Monday they believe it is the work of a serial killer, and that the suspect has indicated there could be more victims going back 20 years.

Criminal Profiler Pat Brown joined guest host Jeff Johnson on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the Northwest Indiana killings, the profile of a Black serial killer and the case of convicted sex offender, Darren Deon Vann of Gary, Indiana. Vann confessed to killing Afrikka Hardy and has hinted at there being more victims. Listen to their entire conversation below.

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Also On The Light 103.9 FM:</s>Next Sunday, February 17th find out how Clive evaded Australia’s worst serial killer.

Check back soon for more...</s>TORONTO — A Canadian judge handed down a sentence for serial killer Bruce McArthur on Friday, condemning him to life in prison with no chance for parole for 25 years.

McArthur pleaded guilty last week to eight counts of first-degree murder. The 67-year-old former landscaper sexually assaulted, killed and dismembered men he met in Toronto's Gay Village district over seven years.

Justice John McMahon called McArthur a sexual predator who killed for his own "warped sick gratification" and said the victims suffered slow and painful deaths. He called their dismemberments pure evil, but said the guilty plea spared a jury four months of graphic and gruesome evidence that would have likely required counseling after.

McMahon said that even if McArthur lives to 91, the chances of him getting parole are remote at best. Prosecutor Craig Harper had asked for a parole ineligibility period of 50 years, when McArthur would have been 116. The judge said that would've only been symbolic.

"All or most of the victims were vulnerable individuals who were lured to their death," McMahon said. "The accused exploited his victims' vulnerabilities, whether they involved immigration concerns, mental health challenges, or people living a secretive double life."

The victims fit a pattern: Most were of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent and lived on the margins of Canadian society. Their disappearances attracted little attention.

One victim hid the fact that he was gay from his Muslim family. Another was a recent immigrant with a drug problem. A third was a refugee who was ordered deported. And still another victim was homeless, smoked crack cocaine and worked as a prostitute.

Many of Toronto's LGBQT community said for years a serial killer was at work.

McArthur has been in prison since January 2018 when investigators discovered dismembered remains in planters at home he used as storage for his business. He also staged photos of some of his victims after they died, posing corpses in fur coats and putting cigars in their mouths. McArthur would access some of the photos long after the killings.

The prosecution said that a frequent site of the killings was McArthur's bedroom and that he repeatedly strangled his victims either with his hands or with rope and a metal bar.

The killings took place from 2010 to 2017.

Criminal experts say it is unusual for someone to become a serial killer later in life, but the prosecution said there is no evidence of earlier murders.</s>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 40 years after a serial killer dubbed the “Doodler” terrorized San Francisco’s gay community, police released a sketch Wednesday of what the man might look like today and announced…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 40 years after a serial killer dubbed the “Doodler” terrorized San Francisco’s gay community, police released a sketch Wednesday of what the man might look like today and announced a $100,000 reward for details leading to his capture.

Police believe the killer stabbed at least five men to death from early 1974 to late 1975.

He became known as the “Doodler” after a victim who survived an attack told police the man was doodling while they talked at a late-night diner and said he was a cartoonist.

At a news conference, police released a pair of images that showed a 1975 sketch of the man and an “age-progression” showing what he might look like now.

“In the 1970s, this was gripping the gay community and San Francisco,” police Commander Greg McEachern told the news conference, saying authorities were releasing the new sketch in hopes of bringing justice to victims of the “horrendous homicides.”

It’s one of several cold cases, particularly serial crimes, being re-examined after the capture last year of the notorious “Golden State Killer” through DNA analysis, McEachern said. Police have submitted DNA samples from some of the 1970s crime scenes in the Doodler case and were waiting for results from a lab.

Police described the killer as an African-American male, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall with a lanky build who was likely in his early 20s during the attacks.

At the time, a witness was able to give investigators a description of the attacker, leading to a man being detained in 1976 but never charged.

McEachern said police have interviewed the man since returning to the case and he remains a person of interest. His name was not released and authorities declined to say if he resembled the man in the sketches.

The killer targeted white men he met at after-hours gay clubs and restaurants in San Francisco. He usually sketched them before having sex and stabbing them.

The bodies of four men were found along the beach. Another stabbing victim was found in Golden Gate Park.

“Even now, the story gives me chills,” said prominent gay activist Cleve Jones, who recalls how the string of killings terrified the gay community. “Imagine, you’re out at a club having a drink, and someone hands you a sketch they’ve done of you. I can’t think of a more disarming ploy to gain someone’s trust.”

An Associated Press story from 1977 quotes police as saying the suspect at the time could not be charged because three survivors, including a “well-known entertainer” and a diplomat were reluctant to “come out of the closet” to testify against him.

AP interviewed gay rights advocate Harvey Milk at the time about the victims’ refusal to testify.

“I can understand their position,” Milk said. “I respect the pressure society has put on them.”

The interview with AP came just over a year before Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in the U.S., was assassinated.

Police on Wednesday also announced a reward of $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the killer and released audio of an anonymous call made to police on Jan. 27, 1974, reporting a body found near Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

Responding officers discovered the body of 50-year-old Gerald Cavanaugh, the first of the killer’s five known victims.

Police are seeking information on the identity of the caller, who declined to give his name.

“I believe there might be a dead person,” the caller said. “But I didn’t want to get too close to him because you never know what could happen.”

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Three people are killed in Gandhinagar, India, by a serial killer. The alleged killer, who is later identified as a eunuch, remains at large.