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For decades, people in this scenic Mississippi River town have been haunted by the thought that a man who killed five women here could be walking free.

A police investigator took home a copy of the case file when he left the force, reading it at night to see if any clue had been missed.

A son of one victim collected books on serial killers, desperate to learn how they thought, while a friend of another victim visited psychics in hopes of learning the killer's identity. Read full article »

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