The Southside Strangler is the media epithet given by the media, and later used by law enforcement, to a serial killer active in the South Side of Chicago from the 1990s and 2000s, responsible for the murders of numerous girls and young women. It would later be established that the killings were committed by different offenders, including several different serial killers. [1] [2]
All of the killings took place in urban areas within South Chicago, which are inhabited predominantly by minorities and other marginalized elements of society with low social status, education and often, plagued by violent crime. The area is known for their severe crime situation, especially during the 1990s, when several hundred murders were committed on the streets, most of them involving rape. Many of the victims were either engaged in prostitution or were drug addicts. [3] [4]
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