June 10, 1982 around 1:30am, a woman had just completed her shift and was waiting for the bus on 4th street in downtown Louisville. A man in a lime green Camaro tried to abduct her at gunpoint. The arriving bus thwarted the attempt and the woman went straight to the police. She later picked the suspect out of a line-up. Unfortunately, the woman identified the wrong man. The real perpetrator was an active serial killer and he was loose in Louisville.
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WAVE News
https://www.wave3.com/story/12065350/deal-with-serial-killer-could-take-him-off-death-row/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beoria_Simmons
Kentucky On-line Offender Look-up
http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/KOOL/Details/213569
Simmons v Commonwealth 1988
https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1988/85-sc-629-mr-1.html
Simmons V Commonwealth 2006
https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/2006/1989-sc-000736-mr.html
Serial Killer: Beoria Simmons
https://medium.com/@the.yard/serial-killer-beoria-simmons-7faad652e4e7
Serial Killer Database
https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/SIMMONS_Beoria_Abraham_III
Murderpedia
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/simmons-beoria.htm
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