Killer Thought He Could Get Away With Murder Until New DNA Technology Opened Up 30-Year-Old Case

A Confident Killer

The circumstances of the killings stumped the police. The fact that the bodies were so far apart made it seem like the killer was intentional. The mysterious killer also left some clues behind…

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The More You Know

  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds.
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