Two men pretended to be cops and pulled women over LA.She survived because she had her dad's photo
They flashed fake badges. Drove a van. Killed 10 women across the Hollywood hills. One woman talked her way out by showing them a picture of her famous father. She was the lucky one
Los Angeles. Late 1970s. Disco is everywhere and serial killers are having a moment.
October 18th, 1977.
A body is found in the hills near Griffith Park. Yolanda Washington.
19 years old. Tied up. Assaulted. Strangled.
Police treat it like a tragedy.
But a one off.
The kind they've seen before.
Two weeks later. Halloween night.
While kids are out trick or treating, another body turns up in the hills overlooking Glendale.
Judith Miller.15 years old.
Ligature marks around her neck.
One week after that. Lisa Kastin. 21.
Came to LA to be a dancer.
Working as a waitress until her big break.
Found in Chevy Chase Canyon near a country club. Naked.
Tied at the wrists and ankles.
Same setup. Same method. Same brutality.
The pattern isn't subtle anymore.
Police know they have a serial killer.
What they don't know yet is they're hunting two.
Then the pace picks up.
Christina Weckler. 20. Honors student.
Found with ligature marks on her wrists, ankles, and neck.
A gas pipe forced into her mouth.
A plastic bag over her head. Two needle marks on her arm.
Investigators determine she was injected with Windex.
Three days later.
Jane King. 28. Aspiring actress.
Vanishes waiting for a bus after acting class.
Then three more bodies in a single week.
Two of them are 12 and 14 years old. Best friends.
Grabbed together getting off a bus from the mall.
That's when fear turns into panic.
No female in Los Angeles feels safe.
Lauren Wagner. 18. Business school student.
Grabbed right across the street from her parents' house.
Burn marks on the insides of her hands.
Evidence she may have been handcuffed.
A neighbor heard someone shout that night:
"You won't get away with this."
When she looked outside she saw two men.
Two men. Not one.
That's when investigators say the quiet part out loud.
The victims aren't fighting back the way you'd expect.
They're going willingly.
Police begin to suspect the killers are posing as cops.
Flashing fake badges. Making fake arrests.
Los Angeles issues a public warning:
if a police officer stops you and something feels off, don't pull over.
Drive somewhere lit. Call to confirm.