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He killed at least a dozen Texas women stabbed or strangled for no apparent reason.

It's almost like a horror movie. It was so horrific. You can't believe it's real, but it was. But because of his good behavior behind bars, the state of Texas must legally free him.

He will be the first serial killer in this country's history ever to be legally released unless we do

something. There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. Only 1% are ever solved. This is one of

those rare stories. It's September 14, 18, a Sunday morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Homicide Detective Paul Bunton heads to the scene of a murder.

Well, I walked in, and as I looked down the walkway here, I could see Rebecca Huff's body lying face down

right in this area right here. And spread around here was, oh, books and a book bag and things

like that.

The victim is 30-year-old Rebecca Greer Huff,

a University of Michigan graduate student.

She has been stabbed more than 50 times

with what police believe to be a screwdriver.

It is an M.O. Detective Bunton has seen before.

All of them were very early morning, Sunday mornings.

In the past six months, two other Ann Arbor women were stabbed to death while walking home alone.

17-year-old Shirley Small and 26-year-old Glenda Richmond.

It became glaringly obvious at that point because of the wound pattern.

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