what makes a killer contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended

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On February 24, 1986, police in Talladega, Alabama forced their way inside the home of 24-year-old

Sherry Weathers. Sherry was a student and a mother of two. When she had not shown up for classes

in over a week, police were sent to do a wellness check. And soon, the reason for her absence

became very clear. Sherry entered two young children had been strangled. What's more,

their killer had piled them on top of each other in the shape of a cross.

The utter callousness of it, of not only killing them, strangling them, but then posing them

to be discovered, it's an act of a vile human being. Years later, the harrowing scene still haunts

the two detectives who worked on the case. When you see something like that, you can't help but

think about your own child. This could happen to my child too. And so now you know, you got to do

everything possible to bring this person to justice. The killer was a 31-year-old artist and seasoned

criminal, and his macabre masterpiece was far from complete. Two more bodies were discovered,

and the killer had slipped away without a trace. Police began the long and grueling search to find

him before he struck again. In the wind, we didn't know where it was, but we knew that somebody

was going to die until he was caught. This is what makes a killer, a true crime series that

chronicles the lives of the world's most notorious killers. I'm your host, Jennifer Nitozone.

In every episode, we'll trace a killer's origins, examine their behavior, and follow their path

to bloodshed. In this episode, we'll discuss Daniel Lee Sebert.

Daniel Lee Sebert was born on June 17th, 1954, in Matoon, Illinois.

Criminologist Dr. Elizabeth Yardley and homicide detective Eugene Jacks explained that Sebert

didn't grow up in a loving home. So these were the post-war years in the US. The economy was

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