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| Serial rabbit killer 'uses Google Earth to find victims' |
| 2008-07-09 |
| Police suspect a serial rabbit killer in Germany may be using satellite images like those available on Google Earth to locate victims before draining their blood. Up to 40 rabbits have been killed in Dortmund and Witten – and in almost all the attacks the killer decapitates the pets and bleeds them dry. Volker Schuette, one of a special team of five officers hunting the killer, warned that many animals had been snatched from cages away from public view, suggesting the killer might be using satellite images from the internet to track them down. Now pet owners are being forced to take extreme measures, protecting their rabbits with locks and alarms and hiding them in cellars or garages to confound the killer. One woman, Julia Perkun, has built a secret bunny bunker for her 13 rabbits in woodland on the edge of Witten. "This place isn't visible from the street," Mrs Perkun told the BBC. "I try not to tell anyone where this place is. People know that I have rabbits, but I don't tell anyone where this place is, so I hope my rabbits are safe." Ruhr Valley police said they feared that the assassin could be a Satanist, or Satanists, looking for blood for ungodly rituals. Mr Schuette, said: "It's always the same. Detectives find the rabbit lying dead in a hutch. "An unknown person has cut off the head and drained off the blood in a box or a bottle. So we find no blood and no head." While the rabbit corpses are being examined for traces of DNA and 300 people have been questioned, police admit they still have no idea who is doing the decapitating. But the effects of the murderous spree on pet owners are clear. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 Ruhr Valley police said they feared that the assassin could be a Satanist, or Satanists, looking for blood for ungodly rituals. Geesh, how 1980's can you get? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-09 20:29 |
| #11 Well since you undoubtedly need a license to own a rabbit in Germany, it must be someone with access to those records. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-09 20:28 |
| #10 Google Earth is good enough to locate properties you can access from farm or woodland. Although, not as good as a 1 inch/1 mile topographic map. Maybe, people can't read maps any more. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-07-09 18:40 |
| #9 I'd be more inclined to think it someone either familiair with the area, or someone able to move about without attracting much attention. Yep, agreed, a bad beagle. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-09 15:39 |
| #8 I've used Google Earth. It ain't that good. True. It does rather smack of statism. I'd be more inclined to think it someone either familiair with the area, or someone able to move about without attracting much attention. But that's a little obvious a theory. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-07-09 14:53 |
| #7 Maybe they should hide the wabbits in a bra. or something. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-07-09 14:52 |
| #6 Serial Rabbit Killer? Has Jimmy Carter been in town or something. I seem to remember he had a thing for rabbits...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-07-09 13:18 |
| #5 Bismark the Bunicula slayer. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-07-09 12:55 |
| #4 Did somebody say Wabbits? Be vewwy vewwy quiet...there's a wabbit nearby. I can smell the waskel.... /channeling Olde Rantburg |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-07-09 11:35 |
| #3 Hey, sarge, we're getting more questions on the rabbit serial killer. What do I tell em? I dunno. Wait. Tell them he's using...Google Earth. Yeah! That's the ticket! Act like it's some kind of big secret... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-09 11:03 |
| #2 I've used Google Earth. It ain't that good. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-07-09 10:48 |
| #1 Police suspect... may be using... suggesting the killer might... Good thing they're so confident about it. Almost as confident as the headline! |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2008-07-09 10:19 |