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The William Lester Suf was convicted of his first crime in 1974 when he and his wife Terrell were accused of

fatally beating their infant daughter. Although Terrell's conviction for the murder was eventually reversed

because of a lack of evidence, William ended up receiving a 70-year sentence. But after only a decade

behind bars, he was released on parole.

By now, William was 34 years old, and he seemed to turn his life around, getting a job as

a stock clerk in Riverside County, California. He found it easy to make friends in the area,

and those who knew him described him as a friendly

nerd who was always doing things to help people. When he wasn't at work, he was passionate

about being a cook, a chef, and he wrote his own cookbooks, and even won prizes for his

homemade chili in local cooking competitions. Two years after William was released from

prison, a body was found at a drainage ditch in Riverside. A member of the public was walking

along picking up aluminum cans when he saw a young woman lying on her back, covered in blood,

and wearing clothes that had been ripped and shredded. The man stepped closer, realized that the woman was dead, and quickly ran to get help.

Although the female victim had been severely mutilated, her face was identifiable.

Her name was Michelle Yvette Gutierrez, and she was only 23 when she died.

Her autopsy revealed that she had been strangled, stabbed in the torso, buttocks and face,

and her genitals had been deliberately mutilated.

It was clear that Michelle's death was murder, and although investigators thoroughly searched

the scene for evidence, they had no clues pointing

them towards the perpetrator. Only two weeks later, another body was found. A 24-year-old homeless

woman, Charlotte Palmer, had been dumped by the roadside, only 25 miles away from where

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