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#๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐
I spoke briefly with Wayne Perry this morning. Heโs the brother of Debra Greenlaw DeMello, one of NBHKs 11 victims, and founder/administrator of the โShallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killerโ Facebook group.
Wayne is excited to see all the new support from everyone on here. Heโs not on X yet, but plans to make an account tonight so he can start speaking up and getting real support. For now, sharing this with his blessing.
In August 2018 โ 30 years after his sisterโs murder โ Wayne shared a frustrated post in his group about where things stood. It included photos of evidence boxes, and a powerful message.
โEvidence accumulated from Highway murders and still not a clue whoโs responsible,โ he said. โNow it sits in a basement and collects dust like the case has for the past 30 years. Hopefully someday soon the waiting and wondering will be over.โ
Wayne wrote that six years ago. The waiting and wondering still isnโt over.
โThe investigators that looked into this had no experience at all with murders committed by a serial killer, so right there we were doomed,โ he continued, in a comment on the same post. โHow do you investigate something that you know nothing about.โ
It is worth noting that investigators certainly didnโt expect to find themselves facing a prolific serial predator, and several folks dedicated countless hours to the investigation, but Wayneโs point is valid โ serial killer experts are needed in this case.
โIn my opinion, these pallets full of evidence are the lives of 11 women that will sit in a basement and collect dust for who knows how long,โ he said. โI believe that, among everything that is in those boxes, there is also information that holds the answers to the murders of these 11 women. The only problem with this is, we need someone with the experience and intelligence to find it.โ
In December 2023,
@othram posted here that they were willing to try and find it, using cutting-edge genomics. Othram also recently announced the addition of
@PaulHoles to their team as a forensic investigator. Gee, Paul sure seems like someone experienced and intelligent enough to hunt a serial killer.
โThe killer is still out there,โ said Wayne. โAnd until law enforcement decides to get off their ass heโs gonna continue be out there, while my family and the ten other families have to live with the pain knowing he got away with murder.โ
The
#NBHK case is still led by the
@MassStatePolice.
Stay tuned for an update from Wayne.
Time to hear more from the families.
#newbedford #massachusetts #coldcase #unsolved