At first glance, there wasn’t much to the mild and unassuming Jerry Brudos; however, when investigators looked into his background, they discovered several arrests for theft, prowling, and sexual assault. And the more they learned about Brudos’ life, the more certain they became that he was the man they were looking for.Ultimately, Jerry Brudos was convicted of the murders of Jan Whitney, Karen Sprinker, and Linda Salee and given three life sentences. His capture and incarceration were a big relief to the women of Oregon, but his cooperation with law enforcement and the FBI would prove invaluable as the latter established what would eventually become the Behavioral Analysis Unit.ReferencesAssociated Press. 1969. "Fisherman's grim discovery started search for slayer." Albany Democrat-Herald, June 30: 21.—. 1969. "Coed provided first lead in murder case." Oregonian, June 4: 11.Capital Journal. 1969. "Salem student, 19, feared kidnaped." Capital Journal, March 29: 1.Carbonell, Dan De. 2006. "36 years later, killer's death relieves victims' families." Statesman Journal (Salem Oregon), March 29: 2.Leibman, Faith H. 1989. "Serial Murderers: Four Case Histories." Federal Probation 41-45.Long, James. 1969. "Photo found in Brudos' home shows girl hanging by rope." Oregon Daily Journal, June 7: 1.Morrison, Allen. 1969. "Brudos tells of attacks, killings." Oregon Statesman , June 28: 1.—. 1969. "Indicted in death of Miss Sprinkler." Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 5: 1.Olmos, Robert. 1969. "Crews widen river search for clues in girls murders." Oregonian , May 15: 19.Oregon Journal. 1968. "2 teen-age girls missing." Oregon Daily Journal, February 6: J7.Oregonian. 1968. "Help sought in search." Oregonian, December 23: 24.—. 1969. "Office aide disappears ." Oregonian, April 26: 14.Painter, John. 1969. "Sudden shift in plea signals end of trial." Oregonian , June 28: 1.—. 1969. "Tests stall state trial of Brudos." Oregonian, June 6: 1.Roby, Larry. 1969. "Parole agency explains eligibilty of Brudos." Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon), July 2: 15.—. 1969. "Judge discloses warrant details on Brudos." Capital Journal, June 6: 1.Rule, Ann. 1983. Lust Killer. New York, NY: Random House.Statesman Journal. 1969. "Brudos home alleged site of 2 slayings." Staesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), June 18: 1.Wong, James. 1969. "Somebody probably saw Linda Salee's killer--but will the person speak up?" Oregon Daily Journal , May 15: 5.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Hey, weirdos. I'm Alina. I'm Ash. And this is Morbid. It sure is, honey. It sure is, honey. You know what else is morbid? The freaking crick in my neck. That's pretty morbid. So morbid. Pretty morbid. Morbid. Morbid. It's pretty macabre. Macabre.
Indeed.
Macabre, you say. So what's blowing your skirt up these days? What's blowing my skirt up? Um... You know, it's a big real season. Real Housewives. There's so many Real Housewives on right now. Oh, I love that for you. New York is on. Potomac is on. Doing pretty good. Steady Potomac season.
There you go.
SLC is popping the fuck off. Might I say that this might be my favorite season of SLC that's ever happened.
Wow.
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Chapter 2: What happened to Karen Sprinker?
Do whatever you got to do.
And scream fire. Yeah. Exactly. So because it's that second location when they get you in a car or they're taking you somewhere else that it's going to be a lot harder. When they have the upper hand in a second location. Yeah. And now you're somewhere where you weren't initially going. So they can't track you. Right. Right.
But what she didn't know and what she had no way of knowing was that the pistol he was using was a toy. Oh, no. But it looked like a real pistol. Of course, and you're not going to question that in the moment. Yeah. So when Karen failed to show up for lunch that afternoon, her mother became alarmed very quickly, and she waited more than an hour at the restaurant. She searched around.
She checked the parking lot, and that's where she discovered Karen's car, locked and abandoned. Karen's father, Lucas, reported her missing later that day, and police opened an investigation pretty immediately because they were like, she wasn't running away. She was coming to meet me for lunch. Like, her car is here. Something happened.
The first lead came in quickly when a young woman matching Karen's description was actually seen at the Southern Pacific Railroad Station with two men. It wasn't Karen. Right. But matched her description. One of these people bought tickets to San Francisco for all three of them.
And the ticket clerk remembered the three young people and told detectives it didn't look like the girl was being forced to accompany them. She looked like she was willing to go there. But Karen's mother was like, and they were really going with this lead, and Karen's mother was like, no, she wasn't running away. Like, this isn't... And please, everybody, fucking believe her.
She said to them, something happened to that girl from the time she parked her car on the ramp before she could get into the store. Wow. And she just knew. She was like, she didn't make it into that store. Yeah. Now, once Karen was taken back to Jerry Brudos' basement of horrors, he sexually assaulted her. Then he forced her to dress in the stolen underwear and shoes while he photographed her.
He took a lot of photographs of Karen. He made her change several times. This was a very long, drawn-out, torturous process for her. The photos are heartbreaking because it's clear. I mean, it's just of her face because they've obviously cropped it. Yeah. But it's clear that she is just in complete shock and doesn't know how to get out of the situation. Yeah.
Like it's a horrifying photo just because of her face. Not something I would want to see. No, I don't recommend going to look for it, but it's just, it's awful what he did to these women because you can tell, like, how do you get out of that? You're in his basement. I have no idea. What do you do? And it's like, you don't know if you comply. If I comply, maybe he's going to let me leave.
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