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The Reason the Freeway Phantom Has Been Hard to Catch
This episode examines the unsolved serial murders committed by the Freeway Phantom, who targeted young Black girls in the Washington, D.C., area during the early 1970s. Although the killer left behind taunting notes and specific personal items, law enforcement failed to apprehend a suspect despite identifying a potential lead in a convicted killer named Robert Askins. The investigation has been severely crippled by the loss and destruction of evidence, as police records were purged and physical samples were ruined by poor storage conditions. Additionally, critical DNA evidence sent to the FBI…
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