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102: The Taxi Cab Killer - August 11 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com In a world of caps, Uber and Lyft we get into a car and hope that, because the company had done a proper background check, we are in safe hands. On August 11th 1970 a man was born who would use his job to lure, rape and murder single African American females.  Paul Durousseau Born (1970) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow us on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram:  @kbiemesderfer The show is produced and edited by Dillon Biemesderfer IG: @dungeonsanddillons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement.

0:04.0

We have a weird.

0:06.0

A weird.

0:07.0

In a world of cabs, Uber, and Lyft,

0:10.0

in a world of cabs, Uber, and Lyft, we get into a car and hope that,

0:16.0

because the company has done a proper background check, we are in safe hands. On August 11, 1970, a man was born

0:24.6

who would use his job to lure, rape, and murder single African American females. So, if you

0:31.8

like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:40.7

Paul Dara chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Paul DeRosso was born in Texas on August 11th, 1970.

0:45.7

And while not a lot is known about his life pre-criminal history, his first offenses as an adult

0:51.3

were in 1991 and 1992 for carrying a concealed firearm in California.

0:57.3

Nothing too horrible that would indicate the type of criminal that he would become.

1:02.0

In 1992, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany.

1:06.7

This is where he met a woman named Notaka, who he would later marry in Las Vegas in 1995.

1:13.3

On March 13, 1997, his crimes drastically escalated, or so it seemed, by getting arrested for kidnapping and raping a young woman, though he was cleared of these charges in August.

1:26.8

He was then discovered with stolen goods, court-martialed, and then dishonorably discharged

1:31.9

in 1999.

1:34.0

Less than a month after he was acquitted of his rape charges, the nude body of Tracy Habersham

1:38.9

was found in Fort Benning.

1:41.5

The 26-year-old had been missing for 48 hours, and when her body was discovered,

1:46.1

she had been raped and strangled to death with a cord. Paul was not a suspect, though later

1:51.2

DNA would tie him to this crime, but not before he would claim more victims. He and his wife

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