Route 40 Killer, Delaware's Only Known Serial Killer – First State Update
In the late ’80s, New Castle County authorities investigating the brutal killing of two women would soon learn that a serial killer, dubbed “The Route 40 Killer”, was hunting young women along Route 40. On November 29, 1987, The first victim, 23-year-old Shirley Anna Ellis, left Wilmington Hospital around 6 PM. Ellis thinking she was catching a lift on her way home on Route 40 never made it home. Two teenagers would later find her body by the roadside. At the scene, the police found the victim wearing a pair of aqua blue pants. There was black duct tape in her hair. Ellis’ inju...
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