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Long haul : hunting the highway serial killers / Cover Image Book

Long haul : hunting the highway serial killers

Figliuzzi, Frank (author.).

Summary: "In 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of murders along America's highways and interstates. Today at least 850 homicides have been linked to a solitary breed of predators: long-haul truck drivers. More than two hundred of the cases remain active and unsolved. The monsters responsible for these crimes have been given names like the "Truck Stop Killer," who rigged a traveling torture chamber in the rear of his truck and is suspected to have killed fifty women, and the "Interstate Strangler," who once answered a phone call from his mother while killing one of his dozen victims. The crisis was such that the FBI opened a special unit, the Highway Serial Killings Initiative. In many cases, the victims--often at-risk women--are picked up at truck stops in one jurisdiction, sexually assaulted and murdered in another, and dumped along a highway in a third. What's worse, the transient nature of the offenders and multiple jurisdictions involved make these cases incredibly difficult to solve. Based on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his twenty-five-year career as an FBI special agent, Frank Figliuzzi takes readers along as he investigates the most terrifying cases. He rides in a big rig with a long-haul trucker for thousands of miles, gaining an intimate understanding of the life and habits of drivers and their roadside culture. And he interviews the courageous trafficked victims, sharing their inspiring efforts to help others avoid similar fates. Long Haul is a gripping exploration of a violent, disordered world hiding in plain sight and the heroes racing to end the horror. It will forever unsettle how you travel on the road."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 006326515X
  • ISBN: 9780063265158
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 256 pages : map ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Sunday with Mike -- The FBI crime analyst -- Girls next door -- The pioneer professor -- Old-timer -- Monday with Mike -- The Oklahoma crime analyst -- Crossing the Rubicon -- The pioneer professor -- Tuesday with Mike -- The Oklahoma crime analyst -- Programmed code -- A starfish in the desert -- Wednesday with Mike -- The Oklahoma crime analyst -- Thursday with Mike -- The FBI crime analyst -- Friday with Mike -- Saturday with Mike -- Survivor to thriver -- Epilogue.

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Subject:
Serial murder investigation United States
Serial murderers United States Case studies
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Roads Travel United States
Truck drivers United States
Genre:
Case studies.
True crime stories.

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  • 30 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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