Despite multiple attempts, Marvin had trouble getting authorities to take Teaira's disappearance seriously. He eventually began to investigate on his own.
Darren Vann pictured in 2004 holding his girlfriend hostage after dousing them both with gasoline. With a lighter in his hand, he threatens to set them both on fire. Image captured by police responding to the scene.
The mayor of Hammond, IN wrote that Darren Vann confessed to a couple of murders in 1994 and 1995. Could these have been some of the unsolved 90’s murders identified by Hargrove’s algorithm?
According to Vann, his "mistakes" were women who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
08/07/2021
In his police interview, Darren Vann claimed membership to the Chicago street gang the Gangster Disciples. There are reportedly 50,000 active GD's in over 100 cities across the US.
07/07/2021
Darren Vann claims to have killed 13 women in the Gary, Indiana area within a 1 year period.
07/07/2021
Thomas Hargrove's algorithm identified a serial killer strangling women in the Gary, Indiana area. The same M.O. as Darren Vann, who lead authorities to several of his victims.
When departments are under-resourced and facing backlogs of recent murders, it is unlikely that they will dedicate resources to solving cold cases.
Algorithm Ep 3 "Cold Cases" is out now! https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-algorithm-83051915/
21/06/2021
Victims of serial killings are nearly identical when broken down by gender.
According to the FBI, there are 25-50 current serial killers in the US that have not been caught.
21/06/2021
The Motel 6 in Hammond, IN, became a crime scene on October 17, 2014.
21/06/2021
Afrikka didn’t need to die. Local authorities ignored the warning that a serial killer was on the loose in Gary, IN.
20/06/2021
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20/06/2021
An algorithm can be many things. Thomas Hargrove thought an algorithm could help identify serial killers, and he was right.
19/06/2021
Journalist Thomas Hargrove warned local authorities that there may have an active serial killer operating in the area of Gary, Indiana, 4 years before Afrikka Hardy was murdered.
18/06/2021
Algorithm EP 1 "Afrika Didn't Need to Die" is out now!
“When there are connected cases, often the connection is not made by the police because of the nature of how homicides are investigated.” - Thomas Hargrove, Journalist
18/06/2021
Even with all of our technological advances, we are getting worse at solving murders in the United States.
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