“But It’s A Dry Heat…”
I wouldn’t care if it were the most temperate place on earth – Phoenix Arizona is not somewhere I’d care to be just now.
Two Serial Killers Keeping Phoenix Residents Indoors
July 24, 2006
Los Angeles Times
PHOENIX — Summer nights used to be something to look forward to in the sweltering, sprawling metropolis of Phoenix.
Residents don’t dare leave air-conditioned homes and offices during the day, when temperatures routinely crack triple digits. When the desert sun goes down, parks fill up, joggers take to the streets and diners flock to outdoor tables at restaurants.
But this summer it’s a different story. Phoenix is being terrorized by two serial killers who have killed 11 people – after dark. Residents across the city are thinking twice before going out at night.
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The victims, apparently chosen at random, have been men and women of all ages, and dogs. Both killers used guns.
Police call one of the attackers “The Baseline Killer,” after a broad boulevard that runs through poor neighborhoods and upper-middle-class suburbs where several of the victims have died.
He is suspected of killing five women and one man between the ages of 19 and 39 and committing eight robberies and seven sexual assaults.
The second killer is called “The Serial Shooter” by police and blamed for shooting at least 22 men and women whose ages range from 16 to 56. Five have died. The shots apparently come from a light-colored, four-door sedan. Police say it’s possible there is more than one person firing from the car.
Since May 2005, the shooter mostly has targeted people walking alone. But the victims also include people getting off buses at the end of workdays, and riding or pushing bicycles. The shooter is suspected of killing dogs on the street and is believed responsible for fatally shooting three horses on private property.
Dogs, eh? has anyone seen Pasteboy, Dr Frist or James Dobson recently?
