High listeners, we're excited to present a preview of season 3 of the award-winning true crime

documentary podcast Gone South. This season hosts Jed Lapinsky unravels the story behind the

2018 killings of four sex workers in the border town of Laredo, Texas, triggering a manhunt for

a serial killer that would lead to a shocking standoff with a man once tasked with protecting the

town. All six episodes of Gone South, season 3, The Sign Cutter, are available to binge now

only on the free Odyssey app or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts.

Laredo's a really safe place. You don't get your cars broken into here in Laredo. You don't get

your house broken into here in Laredo. Laredo's a very safe community. There's a high presence of

law enforcement criminals know that.

It could have been a border crosser, which is a very common occurrence in that part of the county.

But as a patrolman looked further into it, we knew that we weren't dealing with it.

This location is about a mile away from the scene of another homicide, where another woman

was found dead more than a week ago. Investigators are trying to determine a motive for the killings.

They say the women may have been sex workers. You know what this means?

We may have a serial killer on our hands.

Hey, this shit is serious, bro. Like very, very fucking serious.

We were thinking like, he would have this other dude that picked her up. He's driving around right

here, right? And he killed her and he's wanting to kill another girl.

It could be one of a hundred people. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Sir, if we got a positive idea, this truck right here is matching with the murders that's

been happening within the past two weeks. Turn around, please. Turn around.

Welcome back to Gone South. I'm Jed Lapinski and this is season three, the sign cutter.

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