In this rural South Carolina town, a few summer schools began Monday, businesses opened following the July Fourth weekend, and the 13,000 residents sought to go about their business as usual. But the town — and the rest of Cherokee County, total population about 50,000 — is gripped with fear. Over the past nine days, a serial killer has left five people dead, police say.
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FBI joins hunt for killer who leaves taunting notes
The 5-year-old girl found the note tucked inside a plastic bag and left in a basket used as a flower pot.
Police search church for clues to California girl’s slaying
Authorities searched a church near where an 8-year-old California girl was found dead Monday in the hopes of finding clues that would lead to her killer. The body of Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California, was found stuffed into a suitcase in a dairy-farm pond.
Police eye suspect in newlywed’s slaying
Nicole Ganguzza was a newlywed in grad school at the University of Central Florida when she was dragged off a trail and strangled to death while jogging in a park in June. Ganguzza, 26, was close to earning her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. She was looking forward to having children of her own