QB's Note: This is an old article and if I get the time I may try to see if there is a follow-up but the way this person atacked should be presented... When a person comes to the door that you do not know you need to to remain on the alert...
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/05/...ler/index.html
Home invasion suspect sought in serial killings
Saturday, May 24, 2003 Posted: 10:29 AM EDT (1429 GMT)
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (CNN) -- Police hunting a serial killer in the Baton Rouge area believe a man responsible for three home invasions could be connected to the murders.
Investigators released a sketch late Friday of the home invasion suspect -- a light-skinned black man in his late 20s or early 30s. Witnesses described as having a heavy-set, muscular build.
"We think it's a significant development in this case; it's another piece of the puzzle," said Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mike Neustrom.
Authorities said in the three cases last year, the man gained access to three different women's homes by introducing himself -- in two cases as "Anthony" -- and extending his hand to shake theirs when they opened the door.
He then asks to look at a phone book and use the phone, and asks if the woman's husband or boyfriend is at home. Once satisfied that there is nothing to deter him, he strikes, the sheriff said. In one of the cases he assaulted the female victim.
Neustrom said a report from the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit described the man's technique as a "ruse approach," in which he uses a story to disarm his victims.
"Their defenses are down, they relax, and that's when he moves in and attacks," the sheriff said, adding that victims have described the man as "a good-looking guy, disarmingly charming and smooth-talking."
Members of the multi-agency task force investigating the murders of five women in the Baton Rouge area since September 2001 have compared evidence from the assault victims and the murder victims.
"There is no conclusive evidence linking the serial killer to the home invasions," said Major Butch Dupuis of St. Martin Parish where the three assaults took place. But officials also said the suspect could not be ruled out.
Authorities believe the man in the home invasion cases is "looking for and following women," Neustrom said.
In March, the body of the serial killer's latest victim was found in a bay near the spot where another victim was found last summer. Carrie Lynn Yoder, 26, a graduate student at Louisiana State University, had been missing for a week.
The killings began in Baton Rouge in September 2001, when Gina Wilson Green, 41, was found strangled near the Louisiana State University campus.
In May 2002, Charlotte Murray Pace, 22, was found stabbed to death in her home, also near the LSU campus, and in July, Pam Kinamore, 44, was abducted and her throat slit. Kinamore's body was found 30 miles outside Baton Rouge, in the direction of Lafayette.
The body of Trineisha Colomb, 23, was found in a wooded area Nov. 24, about 20 miles from where her abandoned car was discovered.
The victims were all linked through DNA evidence, officials said.
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