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November 1, 2023 54 mins

In the year 2000, along and near the banks of the Kentucky River, a string of dead women sent residents in Anderson county into high alert. The number of deaths and the location of the bodies seemed too suspicious to simply chalk it up to coincidence. This small county of around 19,000 people had never known of anything like this happening before. What exactly was going on in this quiet little county?

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Sources:

Lexington Herald Leader 3/9/94, 7/27/00, 7/28/00, 7/29/00, 10/25/00, 11/22/00, 11/23/00, 11/24/00, 11/28/00, 12/6/00, 12/7/00, 3/16/01, 6/7/01, 6/11/01, 8/9/01, 9/18/01, 10/6/01, 3/21/03, 3/28/01, 10/13/03, 10/15/03, 10/16/03, 10/17/03, 10/18/03, 10/21/03,10/22/03, 12/5/03, 5/4/05, 5/26/05, 4/26/08

Courier Journal: 7/29/00, 11/22/00, 12/8/00, 6/8/01, 9/19/01, 10/14/03, 10/22/03

The Messenger: 11/24/00, 4/27/08

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"Black Serial Killers the Perception vs Reality" by Vernon Geberth

"Serial Killers Then and Now" by Briar Lee Mitchell

Find a Grave

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Serial Murder: Multidisciplinary Perspectives for Investigators 

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