It’s been nearly 30 years since the “Frankford Slasher” terrorized Philadelphia, killing at least eight women whose murders still remain a…
One man was questioned, then disappeared. Another was convicted in a single homicide, then wrongly described as the"Frankford Slasher" during the 1980s and 1990s — when a serial killer lurked in Philadelphia. The case remains open.A man convicted in the murder of one woman was described at the time as potentially a serial killer.
It’s been nearly 30 years since the"Frankford Slasher" terrorized Philadelphia, killing at least eight women whose murders still remain a mystery. Decades later, police are re-examining existing DNA evidence that could, finally, lead to solving the case. “The people who lived in Frankford would find themselves looking at the person next to them on the bar stool or coming down the street,” Hunter, who retired after decades with KYW-TV, said in an interview. “You had a predator with a sixth sense of the vulnerabilities of these women.”
Philadelphia police identified a possible suspect — a middle-aged white man who called himself a minister. He disappeared sometime after investigators questioned him but not before a DNA sample was taken.That sample is currently being compared to DNA from the various victims using technology that was not available in 1990, police said.Despite those efforts, it’s too late for Leonard Christopher, a black man who was arrested and convicted of murdering 46-year-old Carol Dowd in 1990.
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