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The victims bodies were found in remote locations near well-traveled roads, according to authorities. In the Spokane killings, all the victims were shot one, two or three times in the head with a. The photo was taken in an abandoned Illinois barn, where Rhoades killed Walters after cutting off her hair and making her wear a black dress and heels.The Spokane Killings. 14-year-old Regina Kay Walters was one of the numerous women held in an 18-wheeler equipped with a torture chamber in the back. This picture was taken by serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades.
The victims name A Montana serial killer is out to taunt and terrorize Detective Selena Alvarez in this psychological thriller by the 1 New.With the latest victim on the other side of the state, in Kitsap County northwest of Seattle, linked to the Spokane serial killer, the investigators now knew that he was working in different locales. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.SPOKANE, Wash. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. The fact that the latest victim was found in western Washington also renewed fears that the Green River Killer might still be at work.
Could he be the most prolific serial killer of all time?ANNOUNCER: This is BURDEN OF PROOF with Roger Cossack and Greta Van Susteren.COSSACK: Hello, and welcome to BURDEN OF PROOF.Robert Lee Yates, Jr., a former military helicopter pilot who turned 48 this past weekend, is charged in Spokane, Washington, with eight murders and one attempted murder.STERK: Information regarding the homicide victims tied to Mr. We have a 30-day period after we arraign him to decide on whether the death penalty will be invoked, and we'll be looking at that statute carefully.ROGER COSSACK, CO-HOST: Detectives in more than a dozen jurisdiction, including two countries, are investigating Robert Lee Yates, Jr., as a serial killer. We're looking at all the evidence when we get it, and we will make the decision then. There's a lot of other evidence, but DNA will be the major thing.We're taking our time. MARK STERK, SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF: The Spokane County Sheriff's Office, with a lot of help from different agencies, we feel like we have arrested the persons responsible for up to 18 of the prostitute homicides in our community.STEVE TUCKER, PROSECUTOR: It appears that DNA will be a major focus of this trial. Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris on Investigation Discovery examines some of Yates's crimes.
Public defender's office, Ron Sullivan and Cara Quindlen (ph), in the back row, Rebecca Gold (ph) and Phil Moffit (ph).Lewis, let's go right to you. Investigators in Germany are looking at Yates as a potential suspect in as many as 26 unsolved homicides that occurred during his two tours of duty there.COSSACK: In the Spokane murders, Yates allegedly picked up prostitutes, robbed them, shot them in the head, covered their faces with plastic bags, and dumped their bodies along deserted roads and fields.Meticulous records kept by the suspect are aiding in the investigation, as well as records kept by the military of Yates' whereabouts over the years.VAN SUSTEREN: Joining us today in Seattle, Lewis Kamb, a reporter with "The Seattle Post Intelligencer." And in Chicago, private investigator Paul Ciolino, and in Houston, former FBI special agent Don Clark.COSSACK: And here in Washington, James Colt (ph), general counsel to the D.C. Investigators are awaiting laboratory results in three more cases, which they believe will tie Yates to those homicides.(END VIDEO CLIP) GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, CO-HOST: Authorities in Vancouver, Canada, have started looking at the married father of five in conjunction with murders and disappearances of 31 women there.
Yates was known to drive a Corvette, had been stopped by the Spokane police several times, twice at least. And one of the victims in this case, a teenage runaway by the name of Jennifer Joseph, her - she was last seen in a white Corvette, working as a prostitute in Spokane. Yates was the fact that he owned a white Corvette. People described him as an average Joe, nothing really stuck out about him.What really led prosecutors or investigators to key in on Mr. He's known as a family man.
It appears like it was an old gunshot wound.VAN SUSTEREN: Now, you know, it seems so bizarre that she would - this woman might have been shot in the head, and it takes a year and a half before they find metal fragments in her head. And a couple years later, just a few months ago, she was involved in a car wreck, and took some X-rays of her head at that time.During that time they found some metal fragments. She also sought medical attention for her wounds. And she managed to escape, but left behind her purse in the vehicle. And during that incident, the woman says the man apparently struck her on the head, causing her to bleed, demanded her money back from him - from her. Now, she says that a man picked her up in a van, paid her for oral sex, and during the encounter mentioned that he was a helicopter pilot, and also a father of five, allegedly.
And they also have some yard trimmings, debris, bits of peanut shells, some concrete, Styrofoam, that they say they found covering three of the victims.VAN SUSTEREN: But what's this sig - I mean, that the allegation is he's a serial killer, and I underline the word "allegation." But in every serial killing, there's some sort of signature that tips off the investigators they may be related. In addition, they say they've recovered a fingerprint from one of the plastic bags found around one of the victims' heads. Well, they say his DNA from blood drawn from him after he was arrested initially for the murder of Jennifer Joseph ties him to semen found on at least eight dead women. Tell us about some of the evidence that they have.KAMB: Right. And she was blacking out a bit, so it was kind of startling, and she was having trouble recognizing what was happening to her at the time.COSSACK: Lewis, they've - they have evidence of - the authorities have collected much evidence, much physical evidence that ties Yates to these crimes. She was taken off guard, according to investigators.
That the - it appears that the killer had wrapped these bags around their heads.COSSACK: Lewis, they - but these were - victims were shot, they weren't suffocated by these plastic bags. COSSACK: Oh, I'm sorry.KAMB. And sometimes the bags were found near the bodies.KAMB: It appears.
Do you have any information about whether or not those deaths occurred, one, when Lewis was stationed in Germany, and two, whether plastic bags were used?KAMB: No, I don't have any information about that. But in fact, these women were shot first, and apparently the bags were placed on their heads later.VAN SUSTEREN: Lewis, it's reported that German police are investigating unsolved deaths of about 26 prostitutes. They haven't come out and actually said what they believe the motive of the plastic bags were. They haven't really said why they think the plastic bags were used. Isn't that true?KAMB: That's right.
When we come back, could Robert Lee Yates, Jr., be the most prolific serial killer of all time? How detectives in more than a dozen jurisdictions are investigating. Yates's whereabouts during his military career, and he was, in fact, stationed in several of the states, as well as Germany during the time of maybe some of these killings, there's no real information that's come forward to say that he was the man in these - those cases.VAN SUSTEREN: All right, we're going to take a break. They say while they're getting calls from law enforcement agencies around the country, as well as in Germany and British Columbia, that right now they're really focused on these charges.While some new information is turning up about Mr.
And the key thing here is looking at the evidence, so that we can start to track and see where this person may have been.In this case now, particularly the case out on the West Coast, where you have an individual, a suspect in this, now you can start to look at where this person has been, to see if there have been any more activities similar. CLARK, FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT: Well, the first thing that we've got to do is determine where these incidents occurred, and kind of look at the venue, and kind of look at the audience, if you will, that we're going to have to be dealing with. She is 91 years old.VAN SUSTEREN: The FBI's helping investigators in at least 11 states and two countries piece together what might be the longest, bloodiest trail of a serial killer ever.Don, if you were running this investigation on behalf of the FBI, what would be your first steps? DON K.
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