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Stories about famous serial killers and murder cases at the Crime Library. on truTV.com

Stories about famous serial killers and murder cases at the Crime Library. on truTV.com
The Frankford area of Philadelphia was once a town older than the City of Brotherly Love itself. At one time, it was a prosperous area, but by 1980 it had become a crime-ridden slum populated by prostitutes, junkies, and small businesses struggling to survive. This was the area that Sylvester Stallone selected as the setting for his film Rocky. It was here in 1985 where the first victim was found in a railroad yard. Helen Patent was nude from the waist down and she had been posed in a sexually provocative position, with her legs open and her blouse pulled up to expose her breasts. Between seven and eight women from 28-68 became the victims of this violent rapist and serial killer in an old section of Philadelphia.

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