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Aurora has the incredible tale of a crooked cop turned serial killer in El Salvador. After women's screams were reported by a neighbour, authorities paid a visit to Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chavez. A number of bodies were found buried or partially buried on his property. Word is that Chavez ran an immigration scam to find his victims, but is there more to the story? Always.

The murder of Laura Marie Purchase in 1983 was once attributed to notorious Confession Killer, Henry Lee Lucas. But it turned out to be just one of his many false confessions. Angelina is happy to report that thanks to preserved DNA evidence and a dedicated Cold Case Squad in Texas, Laura's real killer, 75-year-old Thomas Elvin Darnell was finally arrested this month -- 38 years after Laura's death.

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https://news.trust.org/item/20210520172344-wo3re/ 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/30/el-salvador-gang-violence-ms13-nation-held-hostage-photography/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57200081 

https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-5dad3f489adb6899093b89c26ff43c9e 

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https://people.com/crime/serial-killer-falsely-confessed-womans-1983-rape-murder/ 

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