DNA is connecting the dots on hundreds of unsolved murders of women found along highways to long haul truckers that criss-cross the interstate system

DNA is connecting the dots on hundreds of unsolved murders of women found along highways to long haul truckers that criss-cross the interstate system. According to the FBI, four killings along I-4 highway near Orlando are among 28 in Florida that are unsolved and connected to serial killings that the bureau suspects were committed by long-haul truckers. Those include 19 deaths along the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Daytona Beach, although all but one local law-enforcement agency denies any serial-killer cases on its books. The FBI report documents dozens of serial killings of people whose bodies were dumped near popular trucking routes. The report is accompanied by a map that shows the FBI plotting more than 500 serial killings — mostly prostitutes and female drug users — across the United States. Serial killer and long haul truck driver Oscar Ray Bolin was executed January 7th. 2016 for 3 known murders of young women in Tampa Fl. Oscar Ray Bolin was "A Killer on the Road", he traveled the I-4 Corridor, I-75 and I-85 in Florida and multiple interstate highhways across the USA, how many more bodies on Oscar Ray Bolin?

A long-haul driver can pick up a prostitute at a truck stop in Georgia, rape and murder her, and dump her body on the side of the road on I-4 in Florida later that day. The victim has no connection to the area where she was found, and there may be no forensic evidence to collect because the crime was committed hundreds of miles away. The local police detectives investigating the case might have little experience dealing with a crime of this nature and may be faced with few, if any, leads.

The deal profession for a serial killer is working as a long-haul truck driver. FBI Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo is quick to point out that long-haul trucking is an honorable profession and that the overwhelming majority of drivers are not murderers—but it does happen, and the pattern is unmistakable. More than a decade ago, analysts for the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)—the only national database of serial crimes—began to see a marked increase in the number of bodies recovered along the side of the road. A majority of the victims were truck-stop prostitutes, and it turned out that many of the suspects were long-haul truckers.

August 24,2022, Florida Trucker Garry Artman, 64, Arrested For Multiple Cold Case Murders Along Interstate Highways He Kept Women's Panties as Trophies, Possible Link as I-4 Serial Killer. Garry Artman 64 of White Springs Fl has way more than two bodies on him, it appears he started his rape and murder spree in 1981, he did 12 years in prison for rape in Michigan out in 1992. Next Artman raped and murdered Sharon Hammack in 1996 and left her body along I-96 in Michigan. Next, so far as is known, Artman raped and murdered Dusty Shcuk in 2006 and left her body along I-70 in Maryland. Gary Artman did not just take time off from his rape and murder spree from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2006 till his capture in 2022, need to fill in the blanks, how many more bodies?

NY Post writes Sunday May 1st, 2022, A good number of serial killers are believed to be truckers like the “Happy Face Killer” Keith Jesperson long-haul drivers who target prostitutes and take advantage of being on the road for weeks at a time to hide their crimes. “They can work a circuit,” cold case investigator Paul Holes said. “Picking up sex workers is something that has been seen over and over again. ‘Hey, you need a ride?’ And the victim gets in their vehicle and they’re done.” The creation of the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative in 2009 underscores the pervasiveness of truck-driving predators, he said. “It’s a huge aspect.”

May 7th 2020..Investigators from multiple states were looking Thursday into whether a long-haul trucker from Iowa who's implicated in at least three women's slayings in the 1990s could be responsible for other unsolved homicides. Officers arrested Clark Perry Baldwin, 58, in Waterloo on Wednesday after new DNA evidence allegedly tied him to three women whose bodies were dumped in Wyoming and Tennessee. Court documents allege that he also raped and choked a woman in Texas in 1991. Detectives with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are “looking at any connections” that Baldwin may have to cold cases from that era, special agent Mike Krapfl said. He said other agencies were scrutinizing Baldwin given that he traveled the country.

Roy Nellsch a long-haul trucker convicted of kidnapping and rape had been keeping a bloody bag filled with women’s underwear inside his cab. Federal authorities then confirmed in an indictment that police multiple found bags of women’s underwear and bras inside, trophies. An additional source confirmed that blood was found on the bag. Police also found two handguns, a stun gun and handcuffs inside the cab, how may bodies on this trucker?

At least 25 long-haul truckers are currently imprisoned for serial murders. In 2009, the FBI revealed their database, the Highway Serial Killings Initiative, which tracks information about hundreds of murders that have taken place along US highways and tries to link some together by details. In the first four years of its existence, the program helped authorities to identify and arrest 10 men, believed to be responsible for over 30 deaths. One is Mississippi long-haul trucker John Robert Williams Using the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative database, analyst Terri Turner was able to link seven unsolved cases to Williams. Another one is Illinois-based truck driver Bruce Mendenhall. After Mendenhall was arrested, he implicated himself in the murders of at least five other women. Blood tests revealed the DNA of 10 different people in Mendenhall’s cab. Using the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP), authorities were able to match Mendenhall’s MO to several other unsolved murders around the country.

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