Oct 29 2022
It's believed the killer struck for the first time on Nov. 16, 1971.
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'It’s believed the killer struck for the first time on Nov. 16, 1971.'
The victim’s name was Carmen Colón. She was 10 years old and had run an errand for her grandmother to a local pharmacy in her Rochester, NY neighbourhood. It was 4:20 p.m.
The druggist would later say her grandmother’s prescription was not ready. Minutes later, she was spotted entering a car parked near the pharmacy. When she didn’t return home, her family called the cops around 7:50 p.m.
Detectives learned that about an hour after she left the pharmacy, the little girl was spotted running — naked from the waist down — away from a reversing Ford Pinto hatchback on the I-4
“(If) I could die knowing who killed my Carmencita, I could die more peacefully than I have lived.''
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Police composite of the suspected Alphabet Killer. NY STATE POLICE
''All three victims shared the trait that their given name started with the same letter as their surname. And the dumping grounds also matched the first letter in all three cases.
The children had other similarities. All three went to Catholic schools, were not doing well at school and were considered loners.
And just as suddenly as the murders began, they stopped.''
''There is, however, one highly compelling suspect: Kenneth Bianchi, aka the Hillside Strangler, who was born and raised in Rochester.''
'Criminologist and author Christopher Berry-Dee told The UK Sun he believes Bianchi is the elusive AlphabetCarmen Colón, Wanda Walkowicz and Michelle Maenza were all 11, Catholic and sexually assaulted and murdered. NY STATE POLICE
“Without doubt, he was involved in the case,” Berry-Dee told the newspaper, adding cops looked at the handsome serial killer early in the investigation.''
''Bianchi, now 71, is serving life in prison in Washington state for the murders that terrorized Los Angeles in the 1970s and 80s. With his greasy cousin Angelo Buono Jr., the pair kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered at least 10 women and girls ranging in age from 12 to 28.''
Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi is a prime suspect in the Alphabet Murders case. BELLINGHAM POLICE
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Or was the killer someone else? Another police composite. NY STATE POLICE