The signature aspect of the killer
Special Agent Young recounted how he was able to connect the Illinois case with photographs recovered from Rhoades’ apartment: “I studied the crime scene photos – she’d been strangled with bailing wire that was attached to a wooden beam. The wire had been twisted many times beyond the point needed for death. Her hair was very short, and the forensic report told me something invaluable: Her pubic hair had been shaved prior to death. This was the signature aspect of the killer I would be looking for.”
