In the spring of 1995, the life of 45-year-old Vera E. Hallums, a Black/African American female, was tragically cut short in her Springfield, Massachusetts apartment. On April 20, 1995, she was found brutally murdered, having been beaten, tied up with electrical cords, and strangled to death. This violent act marked the beginning of a reign of terror that would grip the city for the next several years, as it was the first known murder committed by a man who would come to be known as one of the s
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