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How The FBI Caught Ohio's Most Elusive Killer
Between 1989 and 1992, a serial sniper named Thomas Dylan terrorized rural southern Ohio by randomly murdering five outdoorsmen with a high-powered rifle. The investigation initially stalled due to a lack of physical evidence and the killer's strategic choice to strike across different counties. The case eventually broke open through a combination of FBI psychological profiling, persistent letters written to the media by victim Jamie Paxton's mother, and a tip from a former associate. Following intense aerial and ground surveillance, investigators recovered ballistic evidence that linked…
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