When Afrikka Hardy was murdered, it seemed completely random. But it wasn't. It was part of a pattern. And police had been warned that a serial killer was on the loose in Indiana.
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Episode Transcript
I don't think that you know everything about child because
there's something that they're not telling you. If I knew
that this is going on, I would have went out
there and brought my child back home. When Africa, Hardy
was murdered in it seemed completely random, but it wasn't.
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It was part of a pattern. Today, Indiana police say
that seven women found murdered over the last few days,
maybe the victims of a serial killer. They weren't even
looking and seven women died. I at least knew that
there was a serial killer active in Gary. I was
assigned to do a really interesting story and I needed
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the uniform crime report. Included on that CD was a
file I had never heard of. What it was was
line after line of individual murders. The first thought I
had us, could we teach a computer to identify connected
cases to find serial killings? From my Heart radio and
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Tenderfoot TV. This is algorithm A podcast investigating a modern
serial killer and how he could have been stopped. The bodies,
some of them found concealed and abandoned homes, had been
there for months. They're not paying attention to this. This
story has the potential to change how homicides are investigated
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all across the country. Because Hellna work, they didn't have time.
They still believe that he has a trail of bodies
from Texas all the way to Gary, Indiana. I don't
think you know. I'm in the women. He's actually cute.
I think the Gary Police Department should be looking at
some of those old cases. They still may have a
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killer out there. Algorithm lunches June. Listen subscribe on the
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