The Strangler and the CopyCat

In January 1979, one of the notorious Hillside Stranglers was caught in Bellingham, Washington, ending a deadly spree that terrorized the West Coast. But the story didn’t end there. While he sat behind bars, a young woman plotted a chilling copycat attack, hoping to keep the killings alive and free him. The victim survived, but the dark intentions behind the crime left the town wondering… how far would someone go for obsession?

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UPI. (1980, October 7). An actress-screenwriter accused of attempting a 'copycat' murder to trick police into thinking her fiance did not commit the Hillside Strangler slayings. UPI Archives. 
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UPI. (1981, May 22). A woman convicted of attempting a 'copycat murder' to take suspicion away from her boyfriend at the time, confessed Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi, was sentenced to life in prison. UPI Archives. 
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