334: The Data Behind a Serial Killer - March 21 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com March 21st: Darren Deon Vann Born (1971) Sometimes, police officers need to reach out and accept help from an outside source. In 2010, a reporter contacted local police with some troubling news. According to an algorithm he used, he believed that there was a serial killer operating in Gary, Indiana from 1980 to 2008. They dismissed his claims. Little did they know that just 4 years later they would be arresting a man, born on March 21st 1971, in connection to a single murder. A man who would go on to confess his involvement in 6 other murders, making him the serial killer they were warned about. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices