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Episode 12 - The Dexter Copycat Killer

Sep 14, 2017
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ANECDOTE

Date Lure Into The Garage

  • Joel Tetre thought he was meeting a woman from PlentyOfFish and entered a garage expecting a date.
  • He was attacked by a masked man, taped, stunned with a taser and narrowly escaped despite being weakened.
ANECDOTE

Disappearance Mistaken For Voluntary Trip

  • Johnny Altinger disappeared after answering an almost identical online profile and his friends later found his apartment untouched.
  • They discovered an emailed message claiming he'd gone to Costa Rica, which turned out to be false and triggered a homicide investigation.
ADVICE

Tell Someone Where You're Going

  • Share location details or a trusted contact when meeting someone from online dating and alert friends to unusual plans.
  • Save and forward messages with addresses as evidence if anything later seems wrong.
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