A Serial Killer Calls (2005)

The First 48: A Serial Killer Calls (2005)

An incredible episode of A&E’s ‘The First 48‘ in which the Kansas City, Missouri detectives being featured find themselves on the bloody trail of the  ‘Prospect Avenue‘ serial killer … to complicate things even further and heighten the already palpable drama, the killer begins to call the police taunting them with information of more bodies that have yet to be discovered…

“On October 15, 2004, Terry Blair was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, and three counts of forcible rape. Two of the murder charges (the ones for Sandra Reed and Nellia Harris) were dropped in October 2003. The rape and assault charges were also dropped.

The murders came to light when a caller informed 911 of dead bodies and claimed responsibility for the killings. The caller stated that the reason the individuals were killed was that they were prostitutes and therefore they were “scum”. Investigators were not able to tie Blair to the phone, but established that the calls were made from near where he lived. Linguistics testimony was introduced, and the finder of fact came to believe the voice was Blair’s.

Although the evidence was mainly circumstantial, Blair’s semen was found on one victim. Blair’s defense was that this item of evidence only proved he had engaged in sex with the victim; the prosecution countered that since she hadn’t tidied herself up afterwards, he must have been the last to see her alive. Because Blair continues to deny responsibility for the crimes, his motive cannot be understood beyond a compulsion to kill prostitutes…” Wikipedia