Comments on: Why the Freeway Phantom Still Hasn’t Been Caught

By: Andy R.

Andy R. — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:12:05 +0000

CORRECTION: It was not Traium who stated Askins was the guilty party, it was another detective - Lloyd Davis. He was adamant that Askins committed the crimes.

By: Andy R.

Andy R. — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:07:57 +0000

I believe this article is innacurate. DNA evidence found on Diane Williams's cloting was tested and there was no match. Further, over the years, detective Trainum was quoted stating that the guilty person was in prison serving time for other crimes - that person being the late Robert Askins.

By: Bonnie M. Wells

Bonnie M. Wells — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:34:49 +0000

I'd like to see this killer caught and brought to justice, just like all the other killers that we have in our nation. I don't understand why law enforcement takes so long to do something - perhaps because we have so many 'strings attached' to everything that's done in this nation. Make one mistake and the defense attorney's get the case tossed out for good. That's difficult to accept if you've spent most of your career [or life] trying to stop a killer. But beyond all the technical problems, I do not know why people try to turn everything into a racial problem. The above statement - "You better bet that if these had been white girls, the police would have solved the cases," a victim's relative told The Washington Post in 2006." - only serves to tell me that the person making it has looked no further than their own case and the color of their own skin. Here in my area there are at least a dozen 'white' girls whose cases are all but forgotten. No one has ever cared who killed them, and I don't think anyone ever will. Within a couple hundred mile radius there are close to 100 cases - childred, teenagers, and adults - their cases have remained unsolved and neglected since day one, and they were white. People need to understand that serial killers come in all colors, just like their victims, and it should never matter what color a person's skin is. We should all be trying to identify and stop these killers instead of making statements that cause hurt feelings among our people.

By: Typical DC BS

Typical DC BS — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:38:51 +0000

Yup, our good ole DC police department hard at work. Good thing we're spending money on the indolent among us rather than spending money on wasteful things, like a competent crime lab.