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Really tragic, RIP Christoph.
Sorry, re: my post above, just realized there already is a thread on WS re: HEHReally tragic, RIP Christoph.
Also really tragic that it seems a possible serial killer operating in the southeastern US in the early nineties (at least?) was never brought to justice (great sleuthing and posting by @Richard, @MadMcGoo, and @dotr as always).
Back in the early nineties it was probably even more difficult than it is now to bring murder charges when a victim’s body was not found, but it sure seems there was and is a good bit of circumstantial evidence pointing at Harry Eugene Hale as being the person responsible for CZ’s disappearance:
Hale was living in Austell, GA at the time of CZ’s disappearance (while apparently also having homes in KY and FL) . He was using CZ’s credit cards. Several of CZ’s possessions were later found at Hale’s home in KY. Hale had a reputation (per the Charlie Project links for both CZ and Mitchell Manns of “stalking bus stations and highways searching for young male transients. [..] He is suspected of drugging and sexually assaulting young men in several states.” I have also read that Hale is suspected of at least two murders.
Was Hale responsible for the disappearance of Mitchell Manns in KY? Was he responsible for the disappearance and murder of Walter J Cropper in KY? Hopefully LE has not stopped trying to answer these questions.
Both Manns’ and Cropper’s disappearances were in the area of KY where Harry Eugene Hale lived. Was it confirmed that Cropper’s Seiko “walk-along recorder” was found during the first search of Hale’s house in KY? Although Cropper had been shot, was an autopsy ever done (which might have determined whether he had been drugged?
Were the two (Carrollton?) teens (Musick and Turner) Harry Hale’s next intended victims? Was there further contact after the May phone calls?
Where was the bus depot in Atlanta where CZ arrived on 4/27 - in downtown ATL or out in Dekalb County (Tucker)? Did CZ check out of his motel room across from the bus depot on the 28th, or was he booked for additional nights? If he was booked for additional nights, was the motel room ever investigated as a possible crime scene? Was there any cctv from the Tucker, GA Denny’s?
I wonder if LE (in one or multiple jurisdictions) are presently investigating HEH and trying to determine whether he could have been a serial killer operating in the southeastern US in the early 90’s (and possibly before and/or after)? If attributed to Hale, the disappearances of Manns, Cropper, and Zahn all remind me of Randy Kraft.
Were there any similar disappearances of young men from bus stations or malls in Austell, GA, Carrollton, GA, Cobb County, GA, and like locations in FL (Miami?) and in areas of KY where Hale owned homes or worked or travelled?
Sorry this has been a post full of nothing but questions. Just hoping that LE is still looking into all things HEH. Maybe there should be a thread in the WS ‘Serial Killers’ forum (as a possible SK) for him.
All just my opinion