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Is long haul truck driving the perfect guise for a serial killer?

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If there’s a perfect career for a serial killer, a long haul truck driver just might be it.

They are often loners, living a nomadic lifestyle that involves constant travel across state lines and jurisdictions, providing easy access to an array of potential victims and allowing truckers to evade law enforcement for years.

A new book by former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi – Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers – offers a terrifying glimpse into the world of these America’s serial killer truck drivers.

At least 850 murders along America’s highways over the past few decades have been linked to long haul truck drivers, according to the FBI Highway Serial

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