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Killer on the Road

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by Ginger Strand


  marianismo, 213

  Martin, Bennett, 41

  Massaro, Monica, 202–203

  Mass Murder: America’s Growing Menace, 154

  Mathis, Jeffrey, 101

  Maynez, Oscar, 214

  McClung, Robert, 15

  McDonaugh, Shea, 203, 204

  McNamara, Jim, 171

  Meaning of Murder, The, 131

  Mendenhall, Bruce, 175–176; photograph of, 179; trial of, 178–180, 183–186, 195–197, 200–202, 204–205

  Mexico: drug cartel violence in, 216, 217; FBI involvement in, 208, 214, 216; highways in, 209; increased mobility in, 217–218; serial killings in, 208–218

  Meyer, August, 32, 37

  Michaud, Stephen, 134

  Middlebrooks, Eric, 101

  Mindhunter, 124

  mobility, 1, 35–36, 142, 145–146, 217–218, 221–222

  Molnar, John, 174

  “Monstruo, El,” 212

  Morgan, Bruce, 81

  Morrison, Jim, 68–69

  Moses, Robert, 12, 88, 90

  Motor Carrier Act of 1980, 176

  Mullin, Herbert William, 76–77, 82

  Mulroney, Brian, 209

  Mumford, Lewis, 89

  Murder by Numbers, 131

  NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 209–210, 215

  Nashville, Tennessee, 168–169, 174, 180, 200

  National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 142

  National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, 146, 154, 165, 172

  National Highways Development Project, 220

  National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, 1–11

  Nebraska, 12–13, highways in, 21. See also Bennet, Nebraska; Lincoln, Nebraska; Starkweather, Charles

  Newman, Oscar, 119, 191

  Nithari, 220

  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 209–210, 215

  Ohta family, 61–62

  Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation, 170

  Olsen, Clara, 24

  Oney, Steve, 110–111

  Only Living Witness, The, 135

  On the Road, 42

  “Orange Socks,” 157

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 54

  Pandher, Moninder Singh, 220

  Pérez, Olga Alicia, 211

  Pesce, Mary Ann, 53, 63–65, 70

  Portman, John, 100

  Postiglione, Pat, 168, 174–176, 180, 181, 184–186, 197–198, 200

  President’s Advisory Committee, 5, 20

  prostitutes: murders of, 152, 168–205, 219; and the trucking industry, 168–205

  Pue, Terry, 106, 120

  Purpura, Carma, 183, 200

  Qiang, Wang, 219

  Quinones, Katherine Kelly, 152, 164

  racism. See highways: and race relations

  Raman, Raghav, 221

  Reagan, Ronald, 76, 105, 106, 110, 140, 142, 146

  Rebeldes, Los, 213, 217

  Rebel without a Cause, 7, 15, 36–37

  “redhead” killings, 156–157, 174

  Reid, Paul, 168

  Reinhardt, James, 12

  Ressler, Robert, 131, 146, 208, 214, 216

  Rhodes, Robert Ben, 169

  Rich, Kate, 141

  Richardson, Christopher, 101, 118

  Rivera Morales, Silvia Elena, 211, 212

  road rage, 202

  Roberts, William, 5

  Robinson, John, 58

  Rocío, Cordero, María, 211

  Rogers, Patrick, 106, 113, 118

  Romer, William, 44

  Romney, George, 97

  Ruby, Jack, 54

  Ruizho, Hua, 219

  Rule, Ann, 135, 142–143, 154, 157

  Sabrah, Charmaine, 148–150, 153, 164

  Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 209

  Samuelson, Robert, J., 126

  Santa Cruz, California, 54, 59, 60–62; and violent crime, 70–72, 74, 76–77. See also Kemper, Edmund Emil, III

  Schall, Cynthia, 71–72

  “Scorecard Killer.” See Kraft, Randy

  Scott, Barbara Ann, 164

  serial killers: as antiheroes, 163; and economic development, 218–222; and the FBI, 131, 142–146, 165, 169–205; and mobility, 142, 145–146; myths about, 135–136; origins of, 130–131; pathology of, 187–188; public fascination with, 131–136, 154, 161–165; and signatures, 154–155; and the trucking industry, 168–205. See also individual killers

  Serial Killers and Their Victims, 187

  Shankar, Auto, 221

  Sharif, Abdel Latif Sharif, 212–213, 216, 217

  Shattell, Mona, 198

  Silence of the Lambs, The, 160–161, 162, 163, 171, 221

  situational crime prevention, 191–195

  slasher films, 154

  Sloan, Alfred P., 19

  Smith, Edward, 101

  Son of Sam. See Berkowitz, David

  Special Task Force for the Investigation of Crimes Against Women, 213

  Specter, Arlen, 142

  sprawl, 126–127, 151–152, 164–165, 218

  Sprinkle, Joe, 44

  Sputnik, 42, 47

  Starkweather, Charles, 8–9, 11, 14–51, 56, 133, 143, 188, 203, 219, 222–223; capture of, 44–45; childhood of, 16–20, 21–23; confessions of, 17–18, 30, 49; and Crest filling station, 26–27; execution of, 50; family of, 16–20; flight of, 31–44; jobs held by, 21, 26, 28; and love of cars, 7, 19, 20, 21–22; media coverage of, 15, 45–46, 49, 50; murders committed by, 14, 27–31, 32, 33–34, 38–41, 44, 207; photographs of, 29, 48; and social inferiority, 18, 20, 21–22, 25–26, 38; trial of, 47–50. See also Fugate, Caril Ann

  Starkweather, Guy, 16–17, 26, 31, 47

  Starkweather, Helen, 17, 47

  Starkweather, Rodney, 19, 28, 31, 47

  Stella, 224

  Stephens, Charles, 104

  Stranger Beside Me, The, 135

  Tallamy, Bertram, 90–91

  teenagers. See juvenile delinquents

  Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 195

  Terrell, Earl Lee, 102

  Thorpe, Rosalind, 72–73, 76, 77, 78

  Thuggies, 221

  Thurman, Tom, 178

  Toole, Otis, 141, 142, 145

  trucking industry: changes in, 176–178; and mental health, 197–200; and murders of prostitutes, 168–205; other laborers in, 180–181, 199–200; pathology of serial killers in, 187–188; and truck stops, 188–195, 192; and violence, 197–200

  Turner, Frank, 97, 206

  Turner, Terri, 170, 182

  Vietnam War, 54, 58, 138

  Violent Crimes Apprehension Program (ViCAP), 146, 169, 171, 173, 203

  Von Busch, Bob, 20, 21, 25, 26, 31, 223

  Walker, Curtis, 109

  Walsh, Adam, 141–142

  Walsh, John, 142, 143, 171

  Ward, Charles K., 23–24

  Ward, Clara, 39–41; home of, 39

  Ward, Lauer, 23–24, 37, 40, 49; home of, 39

  Ward, Michael, 26, 37, 38

  Webber, Harry, 111

  Webster, William, 142, 143

  Wenxian, Li, 219

  White, Lawrence, 71

  Whitechapel, Simon, 214

  white flight, 11, 95–96, 105, 121, 150

  Williams, John Robert, 171, 182

  Williams, Wayne Bertram, 112–118, 145; home of, 112, 116, 121, 122; photograph of, 114

  Wilson, Charles, 6

  Wilson, Latonya, 101, 106, 116, 120

  Wood, Desiree, 190

  Woodfield, Randy, 157, 164

  Yellow Book, 90–92; image from, 91

  Yong, Huang, 219

  Young, Andrew, 110

  Zhiya, Yang, 219

  Zodiac killer, 131

  Zuniga, Linda, 70

 

 

 
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