THS Investigates – More Info on this Weekend’s Episode
I’m posting some more info on this weekend’s episode. Be sure to tune in, it’s sure to be interesting.
PREMIERES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 8PM ET/PT –Also airs Saturday, September 13, at 5:00 PM ET/PT
Two-Hour Special Examines Some of the Most Infamous Cases and Takes a Close Look at this Horrific Reoccurring Crime in Our Culture
Los Angeles, CA, September 8, 2008 – A “serial killer” can strike anywhere, anytime. The death toll can be as low as three or it can breach double digits, but wherever these sadistic monsters go, entire communities are traumatized. Luckily, most serial killers are caught, but what about the ones who continue to literally get away with murder? Law enforcement estimates suggest that between 35 and 50 serial killers are on the loose in the United States right now. What makes these terrifying predators tick? And when will they strike again? THS Investigates goes where it’s never gone before and takes an in-depth look at the grisly phenomenon of serialized homicide in “THS Investigates: Serial Killers on the Loose,” premiering Friday, September 12 at 8pm ET/PT on E!
This powerful two-hour episode examines various unsolved cases, such as the 2007 “Boca Mall Murders,” where two women and a 7-year-old girl were killed by what may have been the same gunman after being abducted in broad daylight from the same parking lot; the “Virginia Peninsula Murders, where between 1986 and 1989, authorities believe the same killer was responsible for the murder of three couples and the disappearance of a fourth; the “Connecticut River Valley Murders” of the 1980’s, involving six fatal knife attacks on women in an isolated region of New Hampshire and Vermont; and the “Daytona Beach Murders,” where an attacker continues to target victims, shooting three women within a month of each other and possibly a fourth 10 months later in the same area of Daytona Beach, Florida.
THSi tracks these elusive killers with visits to crime scenes and interviews with the original investigators – local, state and federal – to give viewers a first-hand look at the terrifying art of serial murder. Psychologists, criminologists and other experts weigh in on what drives these heartless killers, plus we hear testimonies from several of the victims’ families. Their emotional and detailed accounts reveal the lasting terror and suffering serial killers inflict, especially when their savage crimes go unpunished.
All of these cases are open and unsolved. In most, police do not have a single suspect. THS Investigates reveals the harsh reality of murder for murder’s sake, and the desperation, frustration and hope that continue for the victims’ families. THS Investigates: Serial Killers on the Loose premieres Friday, September 12 at 8pm ET/PT on E!
In this episode:
Dr. Jack Levin, author, “Serial Killers & Sadistic Murders” – “In the United States there are about 20 serial killers a year responsible for about 200 victims.”
Kris Mohandie, forensic psychologist – “We started talking about your typical serial killer being a white male above average intelligence, manipulative, and he’s going to have a very active fantasy life, but we’ve seen females, we’ve seen Hispanics, Asians, African Americans. It cuts across different social strata. We’ve seen it all.”
Idey Elias, mother of Randi Gorenberg, who was a victim of the Boca Mall Murders in 2007 – “What evil person could look at a beautiful woman and shoot her in the head? How could someone do that? At close range, yet. How could you do that? Who is this evil person?”
Kevin Deutsch, journalist, Palm Beach Post, on the Boca Mall Murders – “The Bochicchios’ case was remarkably similar to the August victim’s story. In both cases, the victims were zip tied, they were made to go to an ATM, and in both cases, they had goggles slid over their eyes with black over the lenses. FBI profilers have told me that this suggests some sort of signature. It’s not necessary to perpetrate the crime, but it’s something he has to do because he derives some sort of satisfaction from it.”
Irvin Wells, Fmr. Special Agent in Charge, FBI-Norfolk (VA), on the Virginia Peninsula Murders – “All these cases have a certain commonality. They all involved couples. They were all white. They were in remote locations. The killer clearly knew there’d be couples in the area and picked the victims based upon the location they were in.”
Robert Dowski, brother of Rebecca Ann Dowski, who was a victim in the Virginia Peninsula Murders in 1986 – “I think the most difficult thing was going to the morgue and having to identify the body. It was very hard to see what this person had done to her in terms of strangling her and then cutting her throat and to realize how a difficult a death that was, I mean that’s not something that happens that quickly.”
Karl Knobling, step-father of David Knobling, who was a victim in the Virginia Peninsula Murders – “I think David tried to make a run for it or tried to fight it, because he got shot in the back. They shot him in the shoulder to stop him and then once they stopped him, he got shot in the back of the head, execution style, same way as Robin did.”
Larry McCann, Fmr. Behavioral Scientist, Virginia State Police, on the Virginia Peninsula Murders – “The offender just wanted the kill, and the way that you can maintain your opportunities to kill is to pick on random victims.”
Paula Meehan, sister of Virginia Peninsula Murders victim Cassandra Hailey whose body was never recovered – “Not knowing, not having her. I don’t want to know the details, I just want to know where she is. I just want to know where her body is. I want to have some closure for my parents.”
Jewel Phelps, mother of Virginia Peninsula Murders victim Annamarie Phelps – “Whoever it was, they got Danny first, I think, and then they grabbed Anna. They didn’t rape her. They just killed her for some reason. How can anybody do that, how can anybody be so low. It hurts. It’s just like somebody ripping a hand right through your heart and just ripping it out.”
Lynn-Marie Carty, Private Investigator/CEO, Reunitepeople.com, on the Connecticut River Valley Murders – “There was a pretty general theme that ran through the killings. The women were cut in their neck, which is the way that soldiers are taught to disable their victims.”
Jane Boroski, Connecticut River Valley victim – “So… he had cut my neck and I ran and as I was running he had like tackled me down like a football player, got me on the ground and just proceeded to stab me, and all I can remember is trying to protect my baby, trying to get him so the knife would not hit my belly.”
Barbara Rurak, mother of Daytona Beach Murders victim LaQuetta Gunther – “I’m still havin’ nightmares. I wake up and think about. It just, it changes you. Parents are supposed to die first.”
Dr. Jack Levin, author, “Serial Killers & Sadistic Murders” – “In the stereotype version, serial killers are loners, but in reality, they’re extraordinarily ordinary. They don’t look like the monsters that they are, and that’s why they’re so difficult to apprehend.”
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