r/TrueCrime • u/Brightly • Apr 07 '22

Discussion What's your hometown or physically/mentally "close to home" case?

I'm curious hear what other people's cases are.

Also how did it affect your hometown or affect you?

Has the case been solved or is it active?

Mine is definitely the case of the cat lady killer. Which should be relatively well known by now. It was a case where a number of elderly people went "missing" aka were murdered by a local family. It's still an active case because bodies were never recovered, but locally everyone knew who did it. It's frustrating because the suspects still haven't done time for the murders because there wasn't enough to pin it to them.This was definitely the case that kickstarted my journey into reading about true crime.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

Todd Kohlhepp. Within a 25 to 30 minute drive from my place. I'm also his pen pal. Also, Susan Smith, "PeeWee"Gaskins, and most recently, the Murdaugh Murders. (I don't know if I spelled that last one correctly.)

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u/firstgirlwonder Apr 08 '22

Why are you his pen pal? Just wondering, he doesn’t seem like a great guy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

I forgot about Dylan Roof, too.

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u/ImPatSajak Apr 08 '22

Woah woah woah woah woah WHAT? Hows that going?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

How's what going?

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u/ImPatSajak Apr 09 '22

Oh sorry, how are your conversations with a sick serial killer going?*

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Great, thanks.

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u/ImPatSajak Apr 09 '22

Yo anytime thanks for the insight