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Serial Killer Loose in Gaston County?

Posted November 19th, 2009 at 10:43 AM by Jeff A. Taylor

Someone has to ask it.

With the revelation that two murdered women were known to each other the obvious question to ask is, do they share the same killer? I will be very interested to hear how Heather Catterton, 17, and Randi Saldana, 30, died.

And let’s not forget that we have had the Ira Yarmolenko case sitting in stasis for almost a year now, 19 months after her murder along the banks of the Catawba River in Gaston County. Should the investigation show that Catterton and Saldana were strangled as was Yarmolenko the state should clear the decks for full-scale DNA cross-referencing of the cases.

6 Responses to “Serial Killer Loose in Gaston County?”

  1. Police ask for help finding missing 15 year old girl - Charlotte - North Carolina (NC) - City-Data Forum Says:

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  2. ladyofliberty Says:

    Since when does 2 deaths make it “serial”?

  3. dj Says:

    Since when? As in always….

    Oxford American Dictionaries

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    serial:

    ….of a criminal repeatedly committing the same offense and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern.

    part of a series

    ********************

    Two acts (and possibly three) can make a series, and a serial killer…

    Why would you believe otherwise? What number of acts do you believe make a series?

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  5. Jeff A. Taylor Says:

    lol, I don’t think we can call it a spree killing as the murders didn’t happen close together in time. I guess you could call it a repeat killer, but serial seems to fit just as well. And if the evidence suggests a third murder, then….

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