And some might still be out there living their lives as if nothing ever happened.
Some might still be alive, like the Golden State Killer (arrested in April 2018) or BTK (arrested in 2005 for murders between 1974-1991), some might have been arrested for something else and were never connected to their crimes. However, there are many serial killers that were on the radar, but no one was ever arrested for those murders. Could by countless or reasons for which a serial killer was never identified in a certain area.
Back in the days, it wasn’t so easy to connect informations about similar murders, or maybe the wrong suspect was arrested, or maybe victims were never discovered. Truth is that it might be impossible to know how many slipped through investigation cracks. You can read how they matched his DNA in this post: Golden State Killer – Updates on his arrest. He was on the list of unidentified serial killers, when finally with unique and very diverse methods, investigators managed to identify him by DNA. One of such recent cases is The Golden State Killer, arrested in April. We also keep track of every serial killer caught even if this happens decades later. The fascination around this type of murderers was exploited massively by Hollywood, crime writers, mass media etc.
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