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| Criminologist looks for link in student deaths | |
| 2006-12-11 | |
Rumors have persisted for years that a serial killer is prowling Interstate 94, hunting young men in college bars and plunging them underwater. Investigators, though, say there's no evidence of foul play. They say the victims were so drunk they fell in the river and died. Not so fast, says criminologist Douglas Gilbertson. | |
| Posted by:.com |
| #4 Mebbe Mandy and his crew on Criminal Minds... If not, why not... Cuz there are, literally, thousands of new cases everyday? I'm just sayin' it's waay easy to criticize from the BlogLounge - and there are nowhere near as many wizards in the Real World... Same goes for every other venue criticized to fucking death for not being as prescient and wizardly and bold and brave... Let's NOT become the Lions of BlogLounge™, k? I don't wanna be painted with that brush, thanks. A few Really Good Plans to hit the Most Important Shit, will do nicely. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-11 17:11 |
| #3 Very interesting... I wonder how the incident levels compare to other river basins with numerous college towns. Is this really a statistical cluster, or could one make a similar case with possibly different demographics in another area? I don't know nearly enough about these cases, but I'm reminded of the Erin Brokovich (spelling?) case where the patterns she purportedly found were not that anomalous when the sample size was enlarged. Then again, a serial killer who thinks he has it all worked out, may be picking victims in a way to maximize the indications of accident/suicide. Soon to be a Law & Order or CSI episode? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-12-11 16:56 |
| #2 The narrow racial and age profile of the victims raises a lot of questions. Has the FBI's profiling team been handed this set of cases yet? If not, why not? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-11 16:44 |
| #1 Thanks for the post .com! I've been saying for years that the coincidences are anything but. We have a river drowner serial killer loose. Folks here typically don't go even close to the rivers in the winters. Drunk or otherwise. It's just to cold. This should be interesting. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-12-11 15:04 |