In the mid 1980’s the bodies of numerous murdered women and girls were found alongside  Interstates across the Bible Belt. Many of the victims remained Jane Does for decades, and even today some are unidentified. Most were vulnerable individuals, hitchhiking far from home. The most striking commonality was that they all had red hair. There has been much debate over whether this may be coincidence or if it is the work of an unknown serial killer. Thirty years later, answers are finally beginning to be uncovered , in no small part thanks to the work of a high school sociology class.

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