Murder, Mystery & Makeup - The Freeway Phantom - 6 Go Missing In Broad Daylight

Episode Date: July 18, 2023

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because I'm here for you. I'm a niece. I'm out of breath. This week, we're gonna talk about a serial killer. Buckle in kitty cats because what the fuck? Today's story takes place in April of 1971, the location, Washington, DC. 13 year old Carol Spinks, she was in seventh grade,

and she was one of eight siblings, and she also had an identical twin sister. Her and her twin sister, like no one could ever tell the two apart, and they would constantly play jokes on other people, like pretending to be the other sibling, you know? Twins, I don't know what it's like, because I don't have a twin, but it seems fun, I would think.

I don't know, assumptions. But Carol was said to be a little bit more quiet and she was like the shy one out of the bunch. And at the age of 13, she was pretty petite. She was around four feet tall and she was just a very small girl for 13. You get it. On Sunday, April 25th, Carol and her sisters are inside of their home,

and they're just playing. Their mother comes in. She comes in, she comes up to them. She's like, hey, I'm just gonna step out really quick. I'm gonna go visit one of our relatives down the street. You guys stay inside the house. Don't open the door for anyone, and do not leave the house.

And they were like, okay, you know. And then the mom leaves, right? Okay, so the kids are just inside the house and they were like, okay, you know. And then the mom leaves, right? Okay, so the kids are just inside the house playing and then someone's knocking at the front door. Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. They peek outside and they see it's their older sister who no longer lives at the home, the family home. She's nearby visiting some friends.

And one of the sisters opens up the front door. The sister who was knocking was like, "'Hey, can one of you guys just go to the store for me really quick? It would just be like a quick little favor, if you could just pick this thing up for me. And the kids are like, no, mom told us that we can't leave the house, we're not allowed to go anywhere, so no. So they shut the door and they go back to doing whatever it was

that they were doing inside the house. But the sister is still outside at the front door, knocking, knocking, just knocking. Then she starts pounding and it's getting damn annoying. So Carol, she gets up, she opens up the door and she's like, fine, I'll go to the store for you. What is it that you want? She, Carol, she ends up doing this favor for her sister

and she heads out to the 7-Eleven store. Well, first of all, why the sister just couldn't go herself, we don't know, we don't know, things we don't know. But the 7-Eleven was just half a mile from their home and it was like a pretty easy walk, so Carol heads out. Now, while Carol is on her walk, she actually runs into her mom who sees Carol and is super pissed. She's like, didn't I tell you not to leave the house?

Like, what are you doing? Why are you out here? You know? And Carol explains the situation and her mom is like, okay, I'll watch you to make sure you get into the 7-Eleven safe, but I better see you back at the house and like, don't stop anywhere else. So Carol's mom, she just stops and she watches Carol

walk into the 7-Eleven store. And once she gets inside there safe, then her mom takes off and does her thing. Back at the home, some time is going by, okay? Like 30 minutes go by and the siblings are like, where the heck is Carol? It shouldn't take this long to go to the 7-Eleven. Where'd she go?

They go outside and they start asking the neighbors, like, have you seen, have you seen Carol? No, we can't, we don't know where she went. Then they go down to the 7-Eleven store and they're like, have you seen our sister Carol? They went in there pretty often. So the cashier, the guy working there was like familiar with the family and whatnot.

So the cashier was like, yeah, I just saw her. She came in and she got some stuff and then she left. So they're like, okay, maybe she's back at the house or maybe she's back at the house. So then they go back to the home and Carol's still not there. She's just like nowhere to be seen. And they're kind of getting worried

because they know when their mom comes home, she's gonna be really upset because what was the one thing she told them not to do? Leave the house. So some time goes by, still no sign of Carol, but their mom comes home and their mom is like, where's Carol? And all the siblings,

they have this like look of worry on their face and they tell their mom that they have no idea where she's at. She hasn't come home. Allentine is Carol's mom. So she ends up calling the police and she's going to, you know, report Carol missing because, well, she's missing. Now these shithead police officers,

they unfortunately tell her, oh, well, Carol probably just ran away. And then that's it. That's the advice they give her. Click. Allentine knows for sure, there's no way in heck that her daughter ran away. Okay.

She's like, there's no way. Carol would not do that. So she gathers up some of the neighbors to help her look around the neighborhood for Carol. And they ended up searching like pretty late into the night. And unfortunately there just was no sign of Carol. So a neighbor came out and said that earlier that day, they saw Carol, she was carrying a bag with her

and like walking home, it seemed. This means that Carol was most likely taken on her walk home from the store or even close to her home, which is scary because it happened right under everybody's noses. But that's really all the information anybody had. Makeup. Six days end up going by, no sign of Carol.

And on May 1st, police find on route I-295, it's like near the rear of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, they find the body of Carol Spinks. Carol had cuts and bruises all over her body, and there were signs of strangulation. She was fully dressed, but her shoes were missing. Homicide detectives, they have to go to Carol's family, and they went to Allentine,

and they tell her like, we found Carol's body, and it was just devastating news to the family. Plus on top of that, a lot of the siblings felt a lot of guilt for letting Carol leave the house in the first place. So a coroner report comes out, devastating news to the family. Plus on top of that, a lot of the siblings felt a lot of guilt for letting Carol leave the house in the first place. So a coroner report comes out, and it said that Carol suffered wounds to her face,

neck, and hands. One of the strangest things of all was the fact that there was food that was undigested in her stomach. So medical examiners believe that Carol was alive for most of the time that she was missing because of the food in her stomach. So the police are now like searching for who this murderer could be. But during this time in Washington, DC, there were large protests happening, protests against the Vietnam War. So the Capitol was taken over with thousands of protesters, rebels, and the police.

And the Capitol was taken over by the police and the police were like, they're gonna take care of this. And they were like, happening, protests against the Vietnam War. So the Capitol was taken over with thousands of protesters, rallies. There was just people everywhere. There were hundreds of people being arrested to the point that they no longer had any room

to store these people. And they ended up making makeshift camps to arrest the protesters and hold them there. Every available police officer in the district was called in for emergency duty to help handle the protesters and make these arrests. Now, because of this, a lot of crimes got buried or just put on the back burner

because it wasn't their main priority at the time. So finding Carol's murderer was not top of the list for them, which you think is silly because you think like a murderer would be top of the list, but it just, it wasn't. It got put to the side, which is extremely frustrating to the family. So then July, 1971, two months after Carol was abducted and murdered. 16 year old Darlena Johnson was leaving her house and heading out to her summer job at the local recreation center.

Darlena never showed up to work that day. Her mother got a call asking if Darlena would be showing up and then that's when she realized that her daughter was missing. Her mother calls the police to file a missing persons report. One witness comes forward and says that they saw Darlena in an old black car,

and it was driven by an African-American male shortly after her abduction. But that really doesn't lead to anything. They just thank you for that information. And that's as far as that went. Time passes once again with no answers. This was a little different because in the following weeks, Darlenia's mother, she like got a bunch of random,

random ass phone calls. Whoever was on the other end wouldn't say anything. They would just like pick up the phone and then just be breathing all heavily like a creep, you know like and then hang up, like what a loser, get some hobbies, you know? So she was getting these phone calls kind of every so often, and I don't know if you've ever gotten these phone calls, because sometimes I get random phone calls where people just breathe on the phone,

so I turn it into a competition, I'm like oh you're just gonna, you're just gonna breathe on the phone, okay I could play this game, and then I start it into a competition. I'm like, oh, you're just gonna, you're just gonna breathe on the phone. Okay. I could play this game. And then I start breathing all heavily back. I ended up turning it into a breathe off. Okay. Like you're not going to win this game. Not the point of the story. Creepy breathing, losers, get some hobbies. Anyways, but these calls would keep happening. Okay. So Darlena's mother would pick up the phone. Someone's breathing. But Darlena's mother said that she just had this gut feeling that like it had to do with her daughter.

Either her daughter was on the other line and she had nothing that was going to prove that. It was just her gut feeling. But I think it's safe to say, you know, that when your gut feeling tells you something, stupid gut, it's always on point. She tells police this, but again, there's like really nothing they could do.

Like, okay, do you have any proof? No, your gut is not your proof. But then she received one final phone call, which was a man on the other end who said, quote, "'I killed your daughter,' then hung up." Wait, how did he get the number? Oh my God, I didn't even think about that. Was number? Oh my God, I didn't even think about that. Was it someone that she knew?

I didn't even think about that. So after she gets this phone call, for good reason, she picks up the phone, calls police, but there was no technology yet that was actually able to help trace the phone call. And again, there just really wasn't anything that the investigators could do with this information. They're like, oh wow, we'll take note of that.

Okay, but then get this, because this will piss you off. I'm sorry, but it will. Anonymous caller calls up the police department. This person says that they believe that there was a body alongside the I-295, but for some odd reason, this call just wasn't taken seriously and time went on. Then on July 19th, 1971, an officer spots a body alongside the road of the I-295.

Oh, what are the odds of that, you know? Her body was dressed, but without shoes. There were signs of strangulation, but the body had been in this spot for at least 14 to 15 days in the hot sun. but without shoes. There were signs of strangulation, but the body had been in this spot for at least 14 to 15 days in the hot sun, which led to like serious decomposition and investigators were unable to ID the body

based off of their face. Police checked the missing persons report and based off of the report mentioning the clothing that was worn at the time of the disappearance, they were able to ID the victim as Darlenia Johnson. Now, because of this decomposition, they could not fully determine the cause of death, but it's believed to be strangulation.

Now, Darlenia was found 15 feet away from where Carol's body was found months prior. I mean, it wasn't until later news came out that an anonymous tip had come into the police department. It's like, they didn't want to admit that this happened. You know, they dropped the ball on this, obviously, because the only person who would know that the body was here would be the killer.

So it's believed that this anonymous tip came from the killer, because there's no way like you could spot the body just from driving on the freeway or something, and it's not a spot that you could like easily access. It's like a very strange spot, and it was like a very brave spot to put these bodies, because it's like out in the open, it's a busy highway, like that anonymous tip that came in was most likely the freaking killer.

It's just so annoying, isn't it? Time and time again, same fucking thing. I don't know why it's so hard to do your job. July 27th, 1971, 10 year old Brenda Crockett was asked to go to the grocery store, which was about a half a block away from the family home. She was given some money and she headed out. The walk, it wouldn't have taken that long, okay?

It was just a couple of minutes, but quite some time passes. And when Brenda is gone for over an hour, the family knew something was wrong. So Brenda's mom is getting all worried, like where the heck is Brenda at? So she heads out of the house and starts looking for Brenda.

While Brenda's mom is out searching, the phone rings back at home. While Brenda's mom is out searching, the phone rings back at home. Now Brenda's younger sister, who was only about seven at the time, she picks up the phone. Brenda is on the other end. Now Brenda was crying and said, quote,

"'A white man picked me up and I'm being sent home in a cab.'" And then the call just ends. A few minutes later, the phone rings again. Now this time, Brenda's stepfather picks up the phone, and it's Brenda on the other end again, and he's telling her like, where are you? I can come get you, just tell me where you are. And Brenda said that she thought she was somewhere in Virginia.

And then she asked her stepfather, did my mom see me? And her stepfather is like, what do you mean did your mom see you? If she saw you, did your mom see you? If she saw you, she would have gotten you. Then he asked Brenda if the man can come to the phone and he could talk to him really quick. So then he said that he hears heavy footsteps

in the background, but then the call just ends. Now it's believed Brenda had asked if her mom had saw her because whoever the killer was, was trying to get information if they were had saw her, because whoever the killer was, was trying to get information if they were spotted or not, but that was just their theory. They don't really know what she meant by that, but they think that the killer was telling her to ask that question.

... and refills. ... slash makeup. So the next morning around 5.50 in the morning, a hitchhiker was walking alongside Route 50 near Prince George's County, Maryland. The hitchhiker comes across 10-year-old Brenda's body. Brenda was fully dressed, but again, her shoes were missing and she had a scarf which was knotted around her neck.

Now after this, families in the area were getting scared, worried, terrified, angry, believing whoever's doing this is gonna come after them, their kids, and police had no movement on these cases. They had no leads, and there was a lot of distrust happening between the community and the police department. The black community voiced that, if these kids were white,

I am sure that there would be movement happening or these cases would be considered top priority. Because during this time, there were a handful of other cases that involved white children that were not treated the same, that were solved within a few minutes, not a few minutes, I'm exaggerating, but they were solved. They were making a valid point.

Why is there nothing happening on this? But during this time, there were news reporters who would come into the neighborhood, asking everyone questions, trying to figure out what the story was, what happened to these kids. Like the news, they were reporting on it. And the families felt like this is exactly

what the police should be doing because they weren't on the street asking questions like the reporters were. They were also kind of unsure of like who to trust. Like, why should I be talking to a reporter about what's going on? I should be telling this to the police. So some time goes by.

October 1st, 12 year old Nenemoshea Yates, she was at home in Northeast Washington. Her father asked her to go to the store, which was only one block away. Look, this is in the 70s. It was normal for, you know, kids to go walk to the store by themselves. Yes, the news were reporting,

they were reporting on this, but like not everybody was aware of what was going on. Cause I just know, you know, some of you are gonna be like, why would you let your kids walk? Because it's not like it is today, okay? So her father asked her, you know, can you go to the store? It's just grab a couple of things for dinner.

Thank you so much. So she agrees and heads to the store. Should only take a couple of minutes. She gets there, she gets the items she needs, and she's seen leaving the store and she's walking home. Now, unfortunately, between the store and her walking home, she never made it. And it wasn't even a far walk.

So it's just like, whoever this person was, was doing it quick. And then three hours later, in nearby Prince George's County off of Route 4, Ninimosha's body was found. I don't know what the hell is going on. Nobody knows what the hell's going on. But same as the others, she was fully dressed.

She was missing her shoes. She also had seemed to be sexually assaulted and strangled. There was one witness report who came forward and said that they saw her get into a blue Volkswagen, but that led nowhere. But also they found green fibers on her clothing. People are pissed. The media is like reporting on these murders

and they're putting pressure on the police to make some arrests. Get their asses in gear, okay? Because it seemed to everybody that they were not doing their best to try and figure out what the hell was going on. They still had no answers, they still had no leads, they had nothing. I mean they have these green fibers, it's like do something with it.

And on top of that, for some freaking weird reason, the police, they were not connecting all of the murders. They thought it was a separate person doing these murders. It just like was a mess. But there was one news source who believed that it was a single killer and they dubbed them the Freeway Phantom because they believed this killer was using the I-295

as their main way to stalk and pick up their victims and then make their escape. The FBI finally steps in. Now they go through all the evidence from the victims' bodies, and that's when they realized that all four of the victims had been strangled. They all had their shoes missing, and then they all had this green fiber

that was found on their body. But the FBI was like, most likely these four murders were committed by the same person. Whoever this person was, was believed to be DC's first serial killer. They haven't had this yet. November 16th, 1971, the body of 18 year old Brenda Woodard

was found on the freeway ramp of the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Brenda, she was stabbed multiple times and also strangled. Brenda was fully dressed, but unlike the others, she still had her shoes on. I was reading one report that said, Brenda actually had her name written on the shoes and it's believed that's why her shoes were still on because it could link whoever the killer was back to her.

Something that was also different with Brenda, she had a velvet coat placed over her chest, which was believed to not belong to her. In the front pocket of the coat, there was a handwritten note found in it, which had a message on it, and they believe that this message was written for the police, so this note said, quote,

"'This is tantamount to my insensitivity to people, especially women. I will admit the others when you catch me if you can. Freeway Phantom. Now this note is handwritten and they're like, okay, what does it mean? They don't seem to be the brightest over there. They're like, oh God, look a note.

What does this mean? Wow, notes. So police, you know, they're like, hey, let's maybe get a closer look at this note and let's do like a handwriting comparison and see if that can lead us somewhere. So they do just that. And then they realize the note was actually written

by Brenda, they compared it to her handwriting. And the note was also written on her own notebook paper. They thought it was odd because there was no sign of stress in the handwriting, which to me was mind blowing. Cause I was like, you can determine stress in handwriting, the things you learn, you know, but they can. So they're looking at their handwriting and they notice that there's no shaking in the writing.

It was evenly written and it was very clear, which to investigators made them believe that maybe Brenda knew her killer. The word tantamount stood out to investigators because it's just not a word you hear people use all too often. No leads, no nothing, but at least they have this note and tantamount, great.

10 months go by and they actually thought that maybe whoever was doing this was gonna stop because 10 months is obviously a long time. Okay, great, we determined that. September 5th, 1972, 17-year-old Diane Williams went to visit her boyfriend that evening and to get there, she had to take the bus and whatnot, so she did that.

After hanging out with him for the night, Diane and her boyfriend, both of them walked together to the bus stop. They waited for the bus to arrive, her boyfriend hung out with her the whole time, watched her get on the bus, it was like around 11 30 at night, and headed home. Now unfortunately, sadly, Diane never made it home. Sadly, Diane's body was found like a few hours later on route I-295 southbound. She was fully dressed, her shoes were her, but they didn't find her in the car. So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car.

So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car. So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car. So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car. So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car.

So they were able to find her in the car, but they didn't find her in the car. Now they were believing that this green fiber may have come from like inside of a car, but they really weren't sure. So police end up pulling out like their huge file of lists of predators and potential suspects. And they're just hoping to try and find like some kind of connection to somebody, right? They come across this local gang

named the Green Vega Rapists. These people, they hung around Washington DC and the Maryland area. Now they were known to like kidnap and rape victims in the area. So they questioned some of the members individually. So some of the people that they questioned were like, there's this inmate over at the Lorden prison.

This guy might have some information regarding the case, you know, like go talk to him. And then investigators go out and question this inmate. Now this inmate agreed to talk to police and give information with two conditions. If they could help him get a lesser sentence and if he could remain anonymous. So investigators are like, yes, we'll do that

because we don't have anything. So they're asking him questions and he seemed pretty credible. So they're like, okay, we're gonna take this guy out on a couple of ride alongs and see if he knows where the victims were dumped and it will kind of test him to see if he is indeed credible and he's not just making this up

to get out of prison, blah, blah, blah, you know? Now this inmate, he was able to describe what the victims were wearing and where they were dumped. But there were some inconsistencies in this guy's story. He might know what's going on, but there's still like things he's not getting right. So they take him out on another ride along. It's like the second time they're out.

And while they're driving, they're listening to the radio. So during this time, there was an election going on and one of the candidates publicly announced to the press that they had a break in the case, that an inmate from the Lorton prison had provided information to help get this case closed. Now this candidate, he was mentioning it publicly in hopes to win people's votes

because he was harsh on crime and gonna get this solved. Because that's what a lot of politicians do. They don't necessarily care about the crime, they care about the numbers, because he was harsh on crime. I'm gonna get this solved. Because that's what a lot of politicians do. They don't necessarily care about the crime, they care about the numbers, especially before an election. So they're in the car, this is on the radio, the inmate hears this, he starts to freak out.

I asked you if I could be anonymous, people are gonna figure out it's me. People are gonna know that I'm the one who told authorities this information. So after he hears that, he pulls out from his own fear of being outed and declined further interviews and denied that he ever provided information to the case in the first place.

They just keep dropping the ball over and over again because it sounded like this guy knew who did it or was involved in some way. And I don't know. But then the police were like, nah, he didn't know what he was talking about. And they're like kind of downplaying it because they don't want to seem like they dropped the ball. Does that make sense? It's just such a shit show. So many believe that the Green Vega people, they weren't even involved in these murders in the first place.

Okay, because this guy, his confession or whatever, it wasn't consistent, but the green Vega didn't come out until 1972, which was after when some of these crimes had taken place. Maybe they're not involved. I don't know what they're thinking because it doesn't really seem like they're thinking, but they're looking at other suspects. So they look for another suspect. They come across 58 year old Robert Askins,

who was a computer technician. Now Robert over here, yeah, he had been previously charged with abducting and raping a 24 year old woman in Washington. So with one of his victims, Robert had the victim write a note and it was like very similar to the situation with Brenda, the one with the note.

They also discovered that Robert seemed to use the word tantamount pretty often. When investigators went and asked his colleagues at the National Science Foundation where Robert was employed, they informed investigators that Robert used this word, tantamount, pretty often in his speeches. So a search warrant was issued and documents and stuff was like gathered from his home,

but there was no physical evidence that was found that linked Robert to the crimes. I mean, can you really convict someone just based off of a word? They had nothing on Robert and he was never linked to it. Now, later on in life, Robert ended up dying in the Federal Correctional Institution in April of 2010, at the age of 91, because he was arrested or he was in prison for two DC area abductions and rapes in the mid 1970s, but he denied that he had any role

in the Freeway Phantom killings. I don't know, I get so torn, because I feel like if you're already in prison, wouldn't you just confess at that point? What would he have to lose? But then, I mean, that's not always the case, but it's like, why wouldn't you? Like, it just sounds like it could have been him, okay?

Because I don't know, the word, I don't know. They just got nothing here, okay? So then there were some other suspects. Their names were Edward Sullivan and Tommy Simmons. Now these two bastards were two ex-cops who were arrested for the murder of 14-year-old Angela Barnes. Angela Barnes was originally thought to be a victim

of the Freeway Phantom. Authorities determined that Angela, she was not linked to the serial killer, but it's like a real suspish because she was found within the same area as the other victims. And it was around the same exact time that the other victims were found.

So you would think that she would be considered part of this, the serial killer, right? I mean, right? Hello? But Angela was found with a gunshot wound, which is like why investigators believe that she was not a victim to the serial killer, because none of the other victims had gunshot wounds, but the age range, the location of the victim, the timing, it was very similar.

When word came out that the two ex-cops had murdered Angela, now this came out into the community and everyone's like, see this is why we can't even trust the police, because it's them. It's them. Like who do you trust? Why these two were not considered to be involved with the other murders is just like beyond me.

I guess the gunshot wound makes sense, but like that's it? That excludes them? I just like couldn't find a concrete answer as to why they were not connected. I found a lot of assumptions as to why they were not connected, and I just don't find a concrete answer as to why they were not connected. I found a lot of assumptions as to why they were not connected, and I just don't freaking know. Kinda seems like they could be though, right?

So over time, this case ends up going cold. And then in 1987, a new sergeant came into the district, and she started to just work on cold cases. So she opens up this one, she pulls out all the books, pretty much track everything when it comes to this case. It has that a lot of the evidence, 99.9% of the evidence had been destroyed with dates as to when the item was destroyed. So you know when they went to the crime scenes and they picked off like the green fibers, the freaking velvet coat and everything, and they were like,

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. And then they went to the crime scene and they picked off like the green fibers, the fricking velvet coat and everything, there was no physical evidence left in regards to this case. It was all destroyed. You wanna talk about coverup? Okay, because I think there's something going on there, isn't there?

Because in order for evidence to be destroyed, an officer has to prove that the case is no longer open. The sergeant assumed that because the case had been forgotten, like over so many years, they must have just assumed that it was closed, and then they destroyed everything. I bet you, after those cops got arrested, I bet you that's when it was destroyed. I bet you.

That was their reasoning as to why it was destroyed. Great answer. Oh yeah, it's just been sitting here forever, taking up space, so it must be closed. Let's destroy it all. So the sergeant, this new sergeant, she realizes this error and she's like, now I have to rebuild this whole story. So she calls up the FBI.

She's able to get the coroner's reports about the victims regarding the case. It's not everything, but I mean, it kind of helps. They go back up the FBI, she's able to get the coroner's reports about the victims regarding the case. It's not everything, but I mean it kind of helps. They go back to the victims families and they ask for pictures and clothings, items, just things in hopes to build profiles around the victims. But the families, that's when they find out like everything's been destroyed and they're like, what the fuck are you guys doing?

Again, they have no trust in this system because you guys destroyed all the evidence. The sergeant, she's able to gather a lot of notes and paperwork regarding the case and she just tries her best to rebuild everything. But unfortunately there's just no physical evidence any longer, which is a huge loss. And I just feel like that's not even the proper word because it's not even a huge loss. And I just feel like that's not even the proper word

because it's not even a huge loss. It's a 10 amount loss, whatever the hell that word is. So they're reworking on the case with no physical evidence and the FBI profilers, they start again and they're able to like build a profile as to who they think this killer was. They believe that whoever he was was a psychopath. We probably could all determine that, but yep. Most likely hated women,

they thought that this person had to be between the age of 27 to 32 at the time of the murders, most likely held a day job, and whoever this person was was overly confident. They were abducting these victims between 6 to 10 p.m., when usually at this time everybody was home, like they would come home from work, start having dinner and stuff,

kids are playing outside. So it's just not an ideal time to abduct anybody because the chances of getting caught is very high. It's very ballsy of them. They believe that it was possible that the killer actually knew some of the victims and that they were able to gain their trust because of how quick it seemed to happen. And then based off of the dump sites, I hate that, dump sites, that's the term that they used.

It just sounds so, like, it doesn't sound nice. I don't know. Anyways, based off the dump sites, they were able to determine that the killer is most likely familiar with the area and most likely comfortable there as well, which makes them think that they probably lived in the area, right? Maybe they worked in the area and most likely comfortable there as well, which makes them think that they probably lived in the area, right? Maybe they worked in the area, maybe it was just a location

that was important to this killer. They felt safe enough to drop people there. So unfortunately, time passes, still no leads. The new sergeant who reopened the case, she retired in 1994 with no closure and no arrests made. To this day, the Freeway Phantom killer still remains a mystery. Yep, law enforcement 100% dropped the ball on this case by destroying the evidence.

Some believe that they just wanted to get rid of this case in general and cover their tracks for not solving who this person was. But I think that's safe to say because technology has evolved so much that this crime could have been solved. There was DNA like on the victims, freaking those fibers, the lead, the note maybe.

I mean, this crime could have been solved these days and it's just so unfortunate that these shitheads destroyed the evidence. They fucked up big time. Prince George County Police are still actively investigating the murders of all six Freeway Phantom victims. If you have any information, please call Prince George's County Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS. Like I said in last week's video, people like to talk. at 866-411-TIPS, T-I-P-S.

Like I said in last week's video, people like to talk. Us humans, we like to talk. No secret ever stays a secret. You know, somebody has to know something. Somebody heard something. Somebody knows something. Somebody, somebody knows. And if you know, please come forward

and call the Prince George's County Crime Solvers. Let these victims' families get some goddamn closure, please. Look for the shoes. Where did the shoes go? Shoes? All the shoes were missing. Where'd they go? The shoes.

Someone's gotta know something. I wonder if this person is still out there. I wonder if they struck again and we just didn't connect the dots because for some reason people don't like to connect dots. I hope you have a good rest of your day. Please make good choices out there. Other than that, I hope you have a wonderful rest

of your day and make good choices. I'll be seeing you guys later. Bye. later bye