By Chuck Hustmyre
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OLD-FASHIONED POLICE WORK
In April 2004, sheriff's detectives in Baton Rouge tracked down 41-year-old suspected serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis based on a tire track left beside the mutilated body of one of his victims.
After the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory identified the brand and model of the tire—a relatively rare Goodyear Aquatred III—the detectives working the case made a list of everyone in the area who had bought one. Then they started knocking on doors.
It wasn't too long before the cops had their man, complete with a DNA sample that matched evidence taken from the bodies of three of the victims.
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| Derrick Todd Lee |
The FBI profile used in the Derrick Todd Lee investigation had left a bad taste in the mouths of many law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge. It may also have contributed to the deaths of at least two women. So when police realized that another serial killer was prowling the streets of this relatively quiet college town, they switched from an investigation based on a profile to one based on shoe leather.
"It was tedious, but worth it," Sheriff's Office Maj. Bud Conner told The Advocate. "This is just good old-fashioned police work."
Up next, details about Gillis's crimes.
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