Ep. 123 The Long Haul

There were so many active serial murderers in the Pacific Northwest and their often cross-jurisdictional crimes demanded the development of a system called HITS, designed to make connections between reported crimes, in order to better pinpoint suspects and make arrests. In 1991, this system made a match in Seattle, where HITS was based, to a murder in Portland, Oregon. This link would lead them to a man, who for years had worked the highways of the American West as a trucker, and possibly a serial killer.

Episode Host: Josh McCullough

Scott William Cox also known as the "Oregon Trucker Killer"

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Linda Ramos-Moore missing since November 4th, 1990, remains found in 2022.

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Tia Maria Hicks reported missing December 13, 1990. Tia's body was found in April of 1991 near the Silver Dollar Casino.

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Victoria Rhone found strangled to death inside a truck trailer in a Union Pacific train yard February 19, 1991.

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Reena Ann Brunson found dead in a Northeast Portland Safeway parking lot. She was stabbed once in the heart.

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Virginia Rambus last seen leaving her apartment on May 20, 1985.

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Diane Robbins went missing 25 years ago to the day, June 18th, 1985.

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Molly Purdin-Clary went missing in June of 1985. Her body was found in August on the side of a road in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest she had been beaten to death.

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