Colorado inmate claims 48 murders

[johnnie]

"COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — A Colorado man serving a life sentence on a murder conviction has claimed responsibility for up to 48 slayings throughout the United States, authorities said Thursday.

Robert Charles Browne, 53, told authorities the slayings occurred from 1970 until his arrest in 1995, in the death of 13-year-old girl in Colorado, the El Paso County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.

The investigation was first reported on the website of The Gazette of Colorado Springs. The newspaper said authorities have linked Browne to 19 of the slayings, in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and South Korea.

A sheriff's department spokesman said he had no immediate comment. The department scheduled a news conference for later Thursday."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-27-murdersclaimed_x.htm?csp=34





YIKES!

[livetohike]

1. I hope the families of all these women get closure

Looking at his picture gives me the creeps :scared: I can see him picking up his victims....

[johnnie]

2. Whoa

They didn't have his pic up when I first saw the article. He looks just plain bad.

[XanaDUer]

3. Woo hoo!

Beat me to this story!

:bounce:

[johnnie]

4. I'm on it!

I was going to put it in GD, but screw them.. we need the material..LOL.

[XanaDUer]

5. Heh, heh

I agree. :D

[flamingyouth]

6. He claims to have killed a man in Washington state as well

The details are murky ("somewhere between Seattle and Spokane" - which is basically the width of the state), but investigators are interested in talking to him.

[XanaDUer]

7. Friends Stunned by Colo. Killer's Crimes

COUSHATTA, La. (AP) - Years ago, Vicki Woods felt comfortable leaving her young son and daughter with Robert Charles Browne. He baby-sat them, taught them to fish and held festive parties. Then, he suddenly vanished. More than two decades later, Woods finally learned what became of him: Already serving a life sentence in Colorado for killing a teenager, Browne claims he killed an additional 48 people across the country, including three in Coushatta.

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