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Good morning. Today we are fortunate to be joined by published author Dave Ayotte, foremost expert and authority on the link between missing persons, and the search for and capture of serial killers.
Q: Let's start at the very beginning. What piqued your interest first, serial killers or missing persons
A: I've always been interested in Serial Killers, but missing persons didn't catch my attention until I joined a Yahoo-group about Ghost. I was also very interested in the unexplained (i.e. UFOs, Bigfoot, ghost etc.) and that also included missing persons (i.e. Judge Crater, Jimmy Hoffa etc.), but when I joined the ghost group, I met someone there who was trying to find a missing friend.
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Q: What caused you to believe that there was a link?
A: When I started looking into my friend's missing friend, for some reason, it dawned on me that almost every (if not all) serial killer cases had at least one missing person associated with it in someway or somehow.
My friend found her missing friend, but she was dead from a bizarre accident, and unfortunately, I haven't kept in touch with her and have no idea what the status of the case is today.
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Q: Have you and your group ever personally located a missing person? Serial killer?
A: I don't have a group per se, but there is one case about three missing woman from Springfield, MO (1992), that me and a friend believe that we've solved, but unfortunately LE is reluctant to dig up the area that the bodies might be at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Three
My friend went to talk to one of the reporters that covered the original case, but he didn't know much more than we did, except that he did mention in passing that some buildings were being constructed across the street from him at that time.
It was a medical facility, and my first revelation was that's where they were buried, and I think my friend is the one who tipped off the police about it.
Someone actually used some ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in one of the parking garages and found three anomalies that could be bodies, but LE refuses to dig them up, because it would be too expensive, and besides, the building was constructed in 1993, a year after the disappearances.
That was a lie, because the actual construction began the year before that, according to the reporter.
A friend from another group also told me that the case would never be solved, because of things she knew about LE there. Unfortunately, she was right, because the case is still considered unsolved to this day.
Another interesting aspect was that my friend went to go talk to the sister of one of the missing, and she got royally pissed off and has been threatening him ever since. He had to stop, because of this.
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Q: How receptive has LE been to using your methods and techniques to solve both missing persons and serial killer cases?
A: As far as I know, LE doesn't know a thing about my theories.
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Q: Have they offered any resources, or do they hold their cases close to the vest, so to speak?
A: In cold cases, LE isn't as close-mouthed, but of course, like all homicides, they do keep some information secret so as to have something in which to identify the real killer. Some of them have even asked for the public's help in solving them.
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Q: Are you at liberty to discuss your current case?
A: I have no current case, except maybe the Israel Keyes case:
http://www.amystrange.org/SEK-KEYES-Israel.html
I had to stop that research because reading missing person reports was causing me emotional trauma, but that was also about the time I got my first book started and decided to use that as a way to get my theories and ideas across about Serial Killers and the missing.
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Q: What about cold cases? Have you been given access to information on cold cases, and have you solved any?
A: After my revelation about serial killers and missing persons, I joined a Yahoo-group that was actually called Cold Cases. They're associated with a group called the Doe Network and a couple other organizations that did the same thing (including Project Cold Case). They had a good relationship with law enforcement and have actually been able to identify a significant number of unidentified bodies. I had nothing to do with any of them except as a participant in some of the discussions:
The Doe Network:
http://www.doenetwork.org/
Project Cold Case:
https://www.projectcoldcase.org/
One of the founding members, Todd Matthews, actually helped solve one of those cold cases:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11593868/amateur-detectives-dleuths-solve-crimes-cold-cases-home/
Anyway, what we did was try to give names to the almost 40,000 unidentified bodies (UIDs, Un-Identified Decedents) that have been found across the country. Most of them are unsolved, because without an identity, that's almost impossible. Plus, since most of them were found in rural areas, they were so decomposed and ravished by animals, that's it's almost impossible to tell how they even died, especially if it was by strangulation.
An interesting aside is that since 1974, when the FBI started keeping track of missing persons, 74,000 missing persons have never been found.
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Q: Now, just one last question: Who is AmyStrange?
A: AmyStrange was originally my pet cat. Now, she's the talking Cat in my books, that I dedicated to her, because I lost her after going homeless one too many times.
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Thank-you Dave, for joining us.
You're welcome, and thank you for the interview.
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For more on solving missing person cases, go here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016280631
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Bayard
(21,987 posts)Thanks for posting.
Have you ever looked at the enormous numbers of Native American women that go missing?
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I am aware of a couple groups that the Doe Network is associated with that deal with that exclusively:
Sister Watch is one of them, but the second one escapes my memory:
https://vancouver.ca/police/organization/investigation/investigative-services/major-crime/sister-watch.html
It's a big deal up in Canada and a large part of the Northern Central and Western United States.
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AmyStrange
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of the Pickton (Pig Farmer) Case:
10 Dark Facts About Robert Pickton, The Pig Farmer Killer
https://listverse.com/2018/10/30/10-dark-facts-about-robert-pickton-the-pig-farmer-killer/
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Upthevibe
(8,001 posts)Thank you for posting this. I'll be reading it this afternoon. I'm one who is fascinated with missing person cases, true crime, the psychology of how one becomes a serial killer, etc..
AmyStrange
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Serial Killers ARE fascinating, although some people think I've got a very strange hobby.
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AmyStrange
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Savanna's Act, a bipartisan bill to address 'tragic issue' of missing and murdered Native Americans, passes US House
A bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the "tragic issue" of missing and murdered Native Americans passed the U.S. House on Monday and is headed to the desk of President Donald Trump.
Savanna's Act, named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind of Fargo, North Dakota, a pregnant 22-year-old Spirit Lake tribal member who was killed in 2017, would establish national law enforcement guidelines between the federal government and American Indian tribes.
The bill unanimously passed the U.S. Senate in March after Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, reintroduced the bill after former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, had proposed it in 2017.
"When I first introduced this bill last Congress, I couldn't have imagined the groundswell of support we would receive — and I'm encouraged that even during these partisan times, Congress came together and passed this important and needed bill," Heitkamp said in a statement to USA TODAY.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/savanna-s-act-a-bipartisan-bill-to-address-tragic-issue-of-missing-and-murdered-native-americans-passes-us-house/ar-BB19hf2G?ocid=msedgdhp&pfr=1
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AmyStrange
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Colorado authorities investigating possible serial killing after human remains turn up near New Mexico border
An investigation into a possible serial killing was underway in Colorado Wednesday morning after authorities discovered human remains at two different properties located not far from the New Mexico border.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation in a press release announcing the probe did not reveal how many bodies authorities discovered near the rural community of Las Sauces. Investigative sources told The Denver Gazette however that the case could involve several people from the area who have been missing since August...
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/colorado-authorities-investigating-possible-serial-killing-after-human-remains-turn-up-near-new-mexico-border/ar-BB1b8crO?ocid=msedgntp
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AmyStrange
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2 missing boys. 2 different outcomes. And questions about Amber Alerts
At 7:28 p.m. Sunday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Child Alert with a description of a 9-year-old boy whose parents had reported him missing that day.
The boy, Jordan Gorman, was last seen in a wooded area near his home in Ashland City, roughly 20 miles from Nashville, the agency said.
Less than 24 hours later, the bureau issued a statewide Amber Alert citing "new information and growing concern" about his well-being. By Tuesday afternoon, after local, federal and state investigators had searched for him, he was found safe at a creek bed about three-quarters of a mile from his home. The boy told investigators he found a blue tarp and built a shelter, where rescuers found him.
It was an outcome that the family of 15-year-old Quawan "Bobby" Charles, had hoped for in October. Instead, Quawan was found dead in a sugar cane field, more than 20 miles from his home in Baldwin, Louisiana, days after being reported missing. Authorities are investigating his death as a homicide.
An Amber Alert was not issued for Quawan, because Baldwin police said his disappearance did not meet the criteria...
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-missing-boys-2-different-outcomes-questions-about-amber-alerts-n1248187
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AmyStrange
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The Perfect Victim
Samuel Little guided his car to a stop in a secluded area off Route 27 near Miami and cut the engine. Before long, Mary Brosley had straddled his lap. He started playing with her necklace.
He’d met her at a nearby bar, drinking away the final hours of 1970. She was a frail, vulnerable woman, about 5-foot-4 and anorexic, barely 80 pounds. The tip of her left pinkie finger was missing, sliced off in a kitchen accident, and she walked with a limp from hip surgery.
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“I had desires. Strong desires to … choke her,” he would later tell police. “I just went out of control, I guess.”
By New Year’s Day 1971, Mary Brosley, 33, had become the first known victim of a man since recognized as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Over more than 700 hours of videotaped interviews with police that began in May 2018, Little, now 80, has confessed to killing 93 people, virtually all of them women, in a murderous rampage that spanned 19 states and more than 30 years.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/
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AmyStrange
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AmyStrange & the Criminal (Part 4: the Wedding)
The MOST UNBELIEVABLE CRIME-FIGHTING team of all time, led by a talking Cat, runs around the country sniffing out missing persons and serial killers for the FBI, ending with The Wedding of Beth and the Criminal.
You can get all four at Amazon (KEYWORD: AmyStrange):
http://www.amazon.com/
Read the first two chapters (for FREE) here:
http://www.atomadness.com/Chap-1.html
http://www.atomadness.com/Chap-2.html
How the hell did all this start? Read the horrifying debut here (for FREE):
http://www.atomadness.com/
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the AmyStrange & the Criminal Series:
PART 1: THE ESCAPE
The Criminal, his fiancée, and secret friends help AmyStrange, the talking Cat, escape from her captors.
PART 2: THE DISAPPEARANCE
The Criminal's pretend arch-enemy disappears, and it's up to AmyStrange to find her.
PART 3: THE ROAD TRIP
The gang heads to Seattle to rescue two of AmyStrange's cat buddies.
PART 4: THE WEDDING
The gang runs around the country finding missing persons, ending with The Wedding of Beth and the Criminal.
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COMING SOON!
PART 5: THE KILLINGS (due out in late 2021)
Someone’s killing black cats, starting from the West Coast, and it looks like they’re headed straight for AmyStrange.
PART 6: THE CORPORATION (2022)
Beth and the Criminal are enjoying their upcoming parenthood, but what’s left of The Corporation wants them dead.
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