Serial Killers Who Terrorised The United States In The 70s And 80s _ The New Detectives

A city of angels became a city of death. Over twenty serial killers stalked the same streets at the same time, miles apart, murdering without mercy. The detectives had no DNA, no computers, and no time to rest.Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Los Angeles experienced an unprecedented wave of serial murder. The Hillside Strangler, the Freeway Killer, the Sunset Strip Killer, the Tool Box Killers, and the Skid Row Stabber all operated within miles of each other [citation:1][citation:2]. The LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division juggled multiple investigations simultaneously, using only shoe leather and instinct before DNA technology existed [citation:2]. This episode of The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, examines how forensic science and relentless detective work finally brought these predators to justice [citation:8]. Season 4 Episode 8, titled Body Count, originally aired on December 22, 1998, and explored how serial killers leave clues with every murder, each crime bringing them closer to capture [citation:3][citation:6]. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because evil was everywhere in 1970s Los Angeles, but so were the detectives who hunted it down.