Border Patrol Agent Juan David Ortiz was a devoutly religious family man with three children. He was highly educated with a master’s degree in international relations. He was a patriot and Iraq War Veteran. He was also a serial killer targeting the sex workers on Laredo, Texas’s infamous San Bernardo Avenue.

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The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer by Rick Jervis. Dey Street Books August 6, 2024. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062962966

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USA HERALD October 20, 2024 by Samuel Lopez “Fat Crazy Lady” Shocks the System: Groundbre...

USA TODAY July 30, 2024 by Rick Jervis Border Patrol serial killer Juan David Ortiz: One mystery remains

LAREDO MORNING TIMES December 7, 2022 by Zach Davis Former Laredo USBP agent convicted of killing 4 women

BORDER PATROL SERIAL KILLER: Conversations with Juan David Ortiz by Lyzza Janette. Independently published December 26, 2023 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8325437700

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Colin Pitchfork, the Footpath Phantom, was a murdering serial rapist who haunted the dark woods and paths of South Leicestershire England, stalking teenage girls like a troll in a fairy tale, and who would become the first killer ever caught and convicted with DNA evidence, a bizarre story with more twists, turns and red herrings than any mystery novel.

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The Blooding: The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting" by Joseph Wambaugh. Bantam, April 20, 2016. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804150705

BBC NEWS June 15, 2023 by Alex Smith Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer and rapist to be released

BBC NEWS October 30, 2025 by Liam Barnes Double child killer Colin Pitchfork to stay in prison

True Crime Archives April 18, 2025 Colin Pitchfork: The First DNA Murder Conviction & How It Changed Forensics – True Crime Archives

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“Eddie” Heriberto Seda was a serial killer with an uncanny resemblance to Eddie Munster, who was obsessed with sorcery, necromancy, astronomy, magic and spells, and who envisioned himself as a continuation of the infamous Zodiac Killer who’d terrorized San Francisco twenty years earlier.

Like the original Zodiac Killer, Eddie wrote bizarre letters to the press and police, plunging New York into a state of panic and fear, becoming known as the New York Zodiac.

It is an utterly bizarre story, with a conclusion as wild as it gets. Buckle up!

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Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer by Kieran Crowley.‎ St. Martin's Paperbacks July 13, 2003. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1429903295

New York Magazine April 9, 2004 “Kiss of the Scorpion Woman” by Esther Haynes Eddie Seda - Synthia China-Blast - Copycat Zodiac Killer - Nymag

THE TRUE CRIME DATABASE August 21, 2019 Heriberto Seda - The True Crime Database Membership Heriberto Seda Zodiac Copycat Zodiac II

Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer by Robert Graysmith. Berkley, January 2, 2007. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425212189

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