re: Is the serial killer obsolete today?

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if there were cell phones and video cameras everywhere like today. Throw in DNA forensics, and it’s basically impossible.

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It's much more difficult to get away with multiple murders, especially outside of gang shootings. Even during the Derrick Todd Lee years 20 years ago, they were starting to figure out how to triangulate cell signals. Once they had a DNA swab from him, it was over. I'm not sure if DTL could get away with what he did for so long if it happened today.

Then again I'm sure that it's easier for killers to fly under the radar in truly dysfunctional cities where law enforcement wouldn't even notice a pattern even if they know a murder occurred.

Spree killers are another story. They tend to work so quickly that they could very well be known but "at large" and are frequently racking up victims in a matter of days before they can be detained. They also tend to be more sloppy and less concerned with getting caught. That kind of makes them more scary IMO.