The Dale Jr. Download - Presenting Gone South, Season 3: The Sign Cutter

Episode Date: November 5, 2023

 On September 3, 2018, a rancher in Laredo, Texas, discovered a woman’s body shot execution-style on the side of the road. When investigators identified her as a local sex worker, their search for the killer took them into the darkest corners of the city. Then, after days of false starts and dead-ends, another body turned up, terrifying residents and leading law enforcement to conclude a serial killer is at large. More would die before a survivor finally came forward and identified the killer… but his motives proved as confounding as his crimes. Check out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, download listeners, we're excited to present a preview of season three of the award-winning true crime documentary podcast, Gone South. This season host Jed Lipinski unravels the story behind the 2018 killings of four sex workers on the border town of Loretto, Texas, triggering a manhunt for a serial killer that would lead to a shocking standoff with a man once responsible for protecting the town. All six episodes of Gone South, season three, the sign cutter, are available to binge now only on the free Odyssey app or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts. Laredo is a really safe place. You don't get your cars broken into here in Laredo.

You don't get your house broken into here in Laredo. Laredo's a very safe community. There's a high presence of law enforcement. Criminals know that. At a cow. Web company 911. Hey, I'm on highway 255 and I'm got a female in the grass lane and I don't know if she's unconscious, but they're in blood all over the grass, okay?

It could have been a border crosser, which is a very common occurrence in that part of the county. But as a patrolman looked further into it, we knew that we weren't dealing with that. This location is about a mile away from the scene of another homicide where another woman was found dead more than a week ago. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the killings. They say the women may have been sex workers. You know what this means? We may have a serial killer on our hands. Hey, this should have serious, bro.

Like, very, very fucking serious. We were thinking, like, hey, what if this other dude that picked her up? He's driving around right here, right? And he killed her, and he's wanting to get another girl. It could be one of 100 people. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. We got a positive idea. This truck right here is matching with the murders that's been happening within the past two weeks.

Turn around, please. Turn around. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Welcome back to Gone South. I'm Jed Lipinski, and this is Season 3, The Sign Cutter. What were you scared of? I just got this feeling. What feeling?

That may be he was the one. He was the one that what? That had been murdering. All episodes of Gone South, an Odyssey original podcast, are available on the free Odyssey app, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.