Police were stymied in their search for the '.22-caliber Killer,' and only a clumsy mistake by one gunman prevented the crimes from continuing indefinitely. LEUKING Kurt => DOHMEYER Juergen & LEUKING Kurtīetween February and December 1978, residents of Columbus, Ohio, were panicked by a string of random, senseless murders, characterized by nocturnal ambush and home invasions, with victims shot numerous times in the head at close range. LETTS Rosemary Pauline => WEST Frederick & LETTS Rosemary Pauline In one of the cases Stephan LETTER (25) allegedly tried to kill a man with a cocktail of drugs and when the patient survived the attack, the nurse repeated his attempt three days later, this time with a letal dose. & LATHAM James D.Īs per November 2004 the male nurse from Sonthofen (Bavaria) confessed to 16 killings of elderly patients with injections of tranquilizers and relaxants. Between October 1965 and December 1966, female Cincinnati residents were terrorized by a series of stranglings and sexual assaults, recalling memories of recent turmoil generated by the 'Boston Strangler.'

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