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Homicides Research Paper

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It takes more than a few killings to get the consideration of the people in a city the size of Los Angeles. Homicides are a daily occurrence, mainly when one involves a person living in a high-risk way of life, like a prostitute. So when three women were found smothered and dumped unclothed on hillsides northeast of the city among October and early November of 1977, very little people lost sleep over it. Only a couple homicide detectives got worried that this was just the start of something that can get really dangerous. Everything altered during the end of November and the beginning of December when young women were founded on the hillsides of Los Angeles. Bianchi and Buneo raped and killed five young women one of which was twelve, another …show more content…

Watkins on CCTV, and noticed that "Steve" wasn’t talking in third person instead of using “I” he would say “He” and that is one thing that triggered Salerno that Buono was lying about having multiple personalities. Detective Salerno somehow influenced the court to seek another professional, Dr. Ralph Allison. Dr. Allison was more influenced that he had Multiple personalities than Dr. Watkins was and he became scared of Steve. Eventually the third Doctor, Dr. Martin Orne, fooled Bianchi. Dr. Orne, clarified to Bianchi that multiple personalities usually involve more than just two people. In the next session Bianchi made a third person, Billy, and two others occurred as well. After being exposed as a fake, Bianchi agreed to state that Buono his cousin was apart of the murders just so he can be spared the death penalty in Washington State. (John Hitchmough) He gave details how the prostitutes were easy targets with fake badges they impersonated as police officers urging the prostitutes to get in their car, to be taken in for soliciting. With other people they asked for directions, or made it look like they were working on their car, before throwing them into the vehicle. The targets were raped, choked to death and then dumped on the side of the road, and some like Kristina Weckler, were tortured. (John

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