Episode Summary
When six young girls are found murdered, their similarities link them all to one killer. With no witnesses and no leads, investigators are still asking who is The Freeway Phantom over forty years later.
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Episode Info
If you have any information regarding to the abduction and murders of Carol Spinks, Darlenia Johnson, Brenda Crockett, Nenomoshia Yates, Brenda Woodard or Diane Williams please call Metro Police at 202-727-9099 or send an email to [email protected].
The victims of the “Freeway Phantom”
The note that was left on Brenda Woodard’s pocket when her body was found
Episode Source Material
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Progress Bulletin (Pomona, CA): Another Girl Slain By D.C. ‘Phantom’, by UPI
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Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, WA): Similarity Is Catchword in Slaying of 6 Girls, by Don McLeod
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The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD): D.C. teen-ager’s body found in suburbs, by Associated Press
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Daily News (New York, New York): Phantom Of the Freeway, by Anne Groer and Kermit Jaediker
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The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA): Gang Responsible For 1,000 rapes?, by Associated Press
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The Daily News (Staunton, VA): ‘Freeway Phantom’ probe is dropped, by Associated Press
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The Washington Post: ‘Freeway Phantom’ Slayings Haunt Police, Families, by Del Quentin Wilber
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Washington Examiner: DNA discovery could solve 1972 Freeway Phantom slaying, by Teddy Kahn
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Washingtonian: “We Want These Cases Closed”, by Brendan L. Smith
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Washington City Paper” Why the Freeway Phantom Still Hasn’t Been Caught, by Rend Smith
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People Magazine Investigates: The Freeway Phantom (Season 4, Episode 4)
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The Case I Can’t Forget: Romaine Jenkins (Season 1, Episode 2)
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Convicted Serial Killer sketches 1972 Prince George’s murder victim
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The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD): Two More Indicted In D.C. Freeway’s ‘Phantom’ Killings