Post by spodey on Aug 7, 2017 1:01:00 GMT
If the East Area Rapist started as the Visalia Ransacker in Visalia, CA (a farming community 200 miles south of Sacramento), as the F.B.I. and many investigators on The Golden State Killer task force believe, he shot and killed Professor Claude Snelling who saved his teen daughter from being kidnapped at gunpoint in the middle of the night from their home by the VR.
Michelle McNamara's LA Mag article on this case covers the VR link: www.lamag.com/longform/in-the-footsteps-of-a-killer/4/
The Visalia Ransacker also attempted to murder a cop, Detective Bill McGowen, during a stake out to catch him. The bullet hit McGowen's flashlight and the VR escaped. Detective McGowen, who worked with local Visalia youths, didn't recognize the Visalia Ransacker as being a local youth. The Visalia Ransacker stopped his Visalia crimes after shooting at McGowen. The EAR started up in Sacramento a short time later. (Both offenders had much in common: down to stealing kids' piggy banks and leaving cash untouched.)
A couple of teen girls were also murdered during the Visalia Ransacker period.
The new 15-part podcast series on the Visalia Ransacker and the links to the EAR: 12-26-75.com/
I've heard that Visalia Police have a fingerprint (s) of the Visalia Ransacker. Here's hoping that Tulare County gets justice for the murder of Professor Claude Snelling and the Snelling family, for other crimes (maybe VR is responsible for more homicides), and the disparaging things that were said about their hardworking law enforcement professionals who tried to warn other counties about this very dangerous offender. Visalia Police it seems were right about this offender.
Here is a Youtube example of IASIS in action via a different case. There are many such cases on Youtube: youtu.be/kaWeZqazEF8