142. Smells Like A Predator In Baton Rouge - The Key Collector Part One

Beginning in 1993 and continuing for a full decade thereafter, dark haired women were being murdered in and around the river town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The means and methods of the murders were not consistent, leaving law enforcement baffled as to who their unknown suspect might be.  It turns out that the man the cops were looking for was one Derek Todd Lee, who the press came to call the Baton Rouge Serial Killer.  A lifelong jailbird with a rap sheet as long as the Mississippi River and - it turned out - a history of behavior in committing his crimes that should have tipped off law enforcement long before it finally did, Lee had the habit of stealing his victims' car keys - which is why some (including us) prefer to refer to him as "The Key Collector."  As if his crimes weren't bad enough, a lax judicial system and statutes of limitation that just don't make sense made it possible for Lee to continue his killing spree when he should have been in prison.  But the weirdest part of this story is the presence of a SECOND serial killer working Lee's territory at the same exact time.  But more on that later.  For now, listen in as Melissa covers the main points of  Derek Lee's evil killing spree - and sets up Part Two, where the story gets more detailed, more complex - and a lot more strange.