Hey Crime Sal listeners, let me introduce you to our friend Margot from Military Murder.

Hi Crime Salad fans, I am Margot, the host of Military Murder, a true crime show where I focus on

crimes committed by military members and veterans, and sometimes their spouses. But don't worry,

you don't have to know anything about the military to listen, I promise. You just have to be a

true crime enthusiast, and if that's you, welcome to the true crime army. Today I wanted to give you

a little sneak peek into a serial killer you probably never heard of. A man who was an active

duty marine had committed a double homicide while in high school, quickly joining the marines after

graduation, only to go on to commit what he called the perfect murder. It was the perfect murder of a

sailor who lived seven doors down from him in the barracks. This man was only caught after two

key night police officers saw him creeping around the streets of Arlington, Virginia. And with that,

let's dig in. Something weird was going on in February of 2010 in the Arlington, Virginia area.

In the late hours of February 4, 2010, into the early morning hours of February 5, an Arlington

police officer named Corporal T. L. Clifford saw something that he deemed suspicious.

Officer Clifford had been working the, I'm quoting here, Valley beat for eight years now.

So he was familiar with all the regulars, whenever something out of the ordinary popped up,

he'd notice. Officer Clifford saw a silver Dodge Durango that seemed at a place, and it was driving

slowly along Sherlington Road. Officer Clifford had previously owned the exact same vehicle.

In addition to this vehicle driving suspiciously slow, it peaked his interest. But eventually,

the Durango left the area. But about an hour later, the Durango popped up again on Officer Clifford's

radar. He kept thinking, what is up with this car? What is this guy doing? This time, the

Durango was slow rolling near four mile run, which is a stretch of path where you will usually find

runners or bikers. Well, Officer Clifford saw as the Durango parked his car between two trucks near

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