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295: The Hillside Strangler(s)

True Crime Obsessed

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Task Force Formed

The police form a task force to address the serial murder problem in Los Angeles during the 1970s after the eighth victim, Lauren Wagner, is found tied to a chair and electrocuted. The delayed response of law enforcement to the Hillside Strangler case is criticized, as the public and media exerted immense pressure for action. The chapter highlights the frustration over the authorities' failure to address the severity of the situation earlier.

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