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Podcast: True Crime Recaps
Episode: He Picked His Victims by Their Initials. He Was Never Caught.
Description: In 1971, ten-year-old Carmen Colon was seen running half-dressed down Interstate 490 in Rochester, New York, desperately waving for help as cars drove past. Two days later, she was found murdered. Her death marked the beginning of one of America’s most chilling unsolved cases, later known as the Alphabet Murders.Over the next two years, two more girls disappeared and were found dead: 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz and 11-year-old Michelle Maenza. All three victims had first and last names with matching initials, and each was found in a town beginning with the same letter. The pattern terrified pa...