As investigators dug deeper, a name eventually surfaced.
Aileen Wuornos.
This woman had a long history of arrests and struggles long before the murders began.
She often survived through prostitution and lived a highly unstable lifestyle.
According to investigators, many of the victims had picked her up while she was working highways and truck stops.
That connection suddenly brought multiple cases together.
The evidence started pointing in one direction.
Ballistics evidence linked several shootings.
Witnesses reported seeing victims with a woman matching her description.
And stolen property connected to the victims began leading investigators closer and closer to her.
Still, police needed more than suspicion.
They needed proof.
And they were about to get it.
Because one mistake would begin unraveling everything.