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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 3 2009, 05:42 PM (412 Views) | |
| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 3 2009, 05:42 PM Post #1 |
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. Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge Jul 3 04:43 PM US/Eastern By MITCH WEISS Associated Press Writer GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Tanya Phillips had been looking forward to a backyard barbecue at her brother's house but instead planned to stay home with her doors locked. "I'm not taking any chances," said Phillips, 32, a mother of two who works in a day-care center. "I'll go out during the day, but not at night. I just don't feel safe." Plenty of evidence links the killings, though officials have not yet determined how the victims are connected or if they knew whoever shot them, said Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton. "Yes, we have a serial killer," he said at a news conference in this rural community 50 miles south of Charlotte, N.C. So far, all investigators have to go on is a sketch of a suspect and a description of a possible getaway vehicle, though police would not say who provided that information. The latest victims were found in their family's small furniture and appliance shop near downtown Gaffney around closing time Thursday. Stephen Tyler, 45, was killed, and his 15-year-old daughter was shot and seriously injured. Tyler's wife, his older daughter and an employee found them in Tyler Home Center, County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. A day earlier and about seven miles away, family members found the bodies of 83-year-old Hazel Linder and her 50-year-old daughter, Gena Linder Parker, bound and shot in Linder's home. Blanton would not say if Tyler and his daughter were also bound. The killing spree began last Saturday about 10 miles from Tyler Home Center, where peach farmer Kline Cash, 63, was found shot in his living room. Blanton said the killer may have first spoken with Cash's wife about buying hay. She left and came home a few hours later to find her husband's body. Investigators said it appears he was robbed, but they have not determined if anything was taken in the other killings. Cherokee County, home to about 54,000 people, had just six homicides in all of 2008, and half that the year before. Residents have "their guard up and their gun handy," said state Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney, who recalled the area being terrorized once before, in the 1960s, by a serial killer dubbed the Gaffney Strangler. Otherwise, Gaffney is most famous for a giant water tank shaped like a peach that can be seen from Interstate 85. "There is no greater fear than the fear of the unknown and nobody knows. You can cut the tension with a knife," Peeler said. "People are locking their doors, even in broad daylight." The Fourth of July is a busy weekend, with thousands of people expected to attend fireworks displays in several communities. "You want to live a normal life," Phillips said as she stood outside a grocery store. "But you just can't." Every available police officer will work the weekend, Blanton said, acknowledging that there is "real fear in the county." He urged people to take precautions such as going out in groups and calling 911 if their cars break down and they are stuck on the side of the road. "If someone breaks into my house, I'm armed and ready," said Mike Daniels, 53, a retired Army sergeant. "And I won't hesitate to shoot first and ask questions later." Hazel Smith, 47, said neighbors feel vulnerable. "If he killed once, he'll kill again," she said sitting on the front porch with her friends. "Tonight, I'm going to stay inside and pray, pray a little harder that he gets caught." The latest shootings happened less than a half-mile from the sheriff's office, where at least 30 investigators were already working on the case. Blanton said a profiler has suggested Tyler and his daughter might have been shot to taunt investigators, but he said his only concern is solving the case. "We had a 15-year-old girl shot; he killed an 83-year-old woman," Blanton said. "The good people of this community don't deserve that." The sheriff reminded people they have a right to protect themselves and advised salesmen and others to avoid knocking on strangers' doors with so many on heightened alert. "People are going to start shooting at shadows," Blanton said. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9976QM00&show_article=1 . |
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| retiredLEO | Jul 3 2009, 06:00 PM Post #2 |
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Not to worry LP, NC is sending tax investigators to Texas. They will find the serial killer. |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 4 2009, 04:54 PM Post #3 |
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. Another victim 'Serial killer' claims fifth victim in South Carolina (CNN) -- A 15-year-old South Carolina girl who was shot earlier this week by a man authorities say fits the description of a serial killer has died, police said Saturday. Police say the suspect may be driving a light-gray or champagne tan 1991-1994 two-door Ford Explorer. Abby Tyler died at 11:25 a.m. Saturday at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Chief Rick Turner of the Gaffney Police Department told reporters. The Her father, Stephen Tyler, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting Thursday in the family-run furniture and appliance store, Tyler Home Center, in Gaffney. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office on Friday released a second sketch of a man believed to have fatally shot five people in less than a week. "Let me say that under the FBI's definition of a serial killer, yes, we have a serial killer," Sheriff Bill Blanton told reporters in Gaffney, a town in the county of about 54,000 residents some 50 miles southwest of Charlotte. He would not detail what has led investigators to conclude the shootings are linked or how they received the description of the suspect that has led to the two sketches. In addition, he said he did not know whether the shooter knew his victims or whether he may have chosen them at random. Video Watch locals gather to pray for victims and killer » Police said he may be driving a light-gray or champagne tan 1991-1994 two-door Ford Explorer. The first shooting happened Saturday, when peach farmer Kline W. Cash, 63, was found dead by his wife in their home, said Leigh Caldwell, a victims services coordinator for the sheriff's office. Blanton said Cash's home may have been robbed. On Wednesday, the bound and shot bodies of 83-year-old Hazel Linder and her 50-year-old daughter, Gena Linder Parker, were found in the mother's home, where she lived alone. "We're still trying to determine if anything's missing from there," Blanton said. Leave has been canceled for all members of the Police Department and the Sheriff's Department, said their respective chiefs, who urged residents to take precautions. About 100 investigators from North and South Carolina were working the case, Blanton said. "I think our community has a right to be concerned," he said. "We're concerned. We're dealing with a man that's killed four people." advertisement He urged residents to check on relatives, especially those who live alone. "We're asking the people in our community to be vigilant, to report anything." But he cautioned against taking that too far. "Our concern is that people are going to start shooting at shadows," he said. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/04/south.carolina.killings/ Composite Drawing at Link above. . |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 4 2009, 04:57 PM Post #4 |
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. Is this guy is killing just to be killing? He killed a peach farmer. I would be interested to see if, after he is apprehended, if he has been watching any movies that glorify this type of killer. This is 50 miles from Charlotte people. . |
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| Concerned | Jul 5 2009, 01:28 AM Post #5 |
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Has the Governor been informed? Oh, I forgot, he's too busy trying to fall back in love with his wife....... |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 5 2009, 09:40 PM Post #6 |
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. I hope they get the person responsible before he kills again! http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/05/eveningnews/main5134813.shtml . |
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| Kerri P. | Jul 6 2009, 05:59 PM Post #7 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31759835/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001 Police may have killed suspect in S.C. slayings Similar vehicle links series of five deaths to man shot overnight in N.C. updated 2:41 p.m. ET, Mon., July 6, 2009 Authorities were investigating whether a man who was shot and killed Monday morning by police in North Carolina may be linked to the slayings of five people in South Carolina in a week. South Carolina law enforcement officers were in Gaston County, N.C., near Charlotte, after county police shot and killed the man, who they said opened fire on them Monday morning, NBC News’ Ron Mott reported. Investigators told NBC station WCNC of Charlotte that a gray or champagne Ford Explorer was found outside the house in Gaston County, about 30 miles north of Cherokee County, S.C., where five people were found shot to death in three incidents over eight days bridging last week. snip... |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 6 2009, 06:29 PM Post #8 |
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. Hope it's the Killer! |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 6 2009, 08:53 PM Post #9 |
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. The guy they believe is the Serial Killer (and dead now) was paroled in April! How many times has this played out like this. . . |
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| LTC8K6 | Jul 6 2009, 10:31 PM Post #10 |
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It is the killer. The bullets match. The chief of SLED is pissed off that this guy was out of jail. He has 25 pages of charges... Edited by LTC8K6, Jul 6 2009, 10:33 PM.
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| Deleted User | Jul 7 2009, 08:25 AM Post #11 |
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He looks nothing like the composit photo sent out to the press. He was released from a NC prison in April. I believe the description said he was white, the AOL picture looks black to me. I'm glad the people who called the police were alert. |
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| Rusty Dog | Jul 7 2009, 09:39 AM Post #12 |
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That was a poor photo. He looks white here: http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/5516151/ I don't know how anyone is recognized from the sketches. Edited by Rusty Dog, Jul 7 2009, 09:40 AM.
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| Deleted User | Jul 7 2009, 10:12 AM Post #13 |
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North Carolina has a miserable parolee record and the highest burglary rate in the nation. |
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| Baldo | Jul 7 2009, 10:50 AM Post #14 |
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Is this him? http://tinyurl.com/ngsu5r Offender ID: 0058585 Inmate Status: PAROLED Probation/Parole Status: ACTIVE Gender: MALE Race: WHITE Age: 41 Probation/Parole Office: DISTRICT 27B UNIT B Quite a record in nc |
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| Lodge Pro 345 | Jul 7 2009, 11:46 AM Post #15 |
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. People needlessly died because of this criminal. I'm glad it ended like it did. There will be no waste of money on him and no further opportunity for parole. . |
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