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Chester Leroy Todd.


At the beginning of 2004, law enforcement officers (LEOs) across the United States identified a pattern of homicides involving the deaths of prostitutes who worked in and around truck stops. These killings have taken place over a number of years and initially involved the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.

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Over the last 2 years, the FBI and local and state law enforcement agencies have met for joint case consultations, resulting in the identification of several truck driver suspects. Time lines have been compiled on 30 suspects with several more in progress. These time lines, which cover nearly the entire United States, are available to LEOs who have rape and homicide victims meeting the following description: prostitutes working from truck stops, hitchhikers, transients, stranded motorists, unidentified dead bodies, and any other victims at risk where the suspect is likely to be a long-haul truck driver.

On March 16, 1996, truck driver Chester Leroy Todd offered victim Sherri Majors a ride home from a local pool hall in Denver, Colorado. Her body was discovered the next day in an alley adjacent to railroad tracks.

Trucker Chester Leroy Todd was identified as the offender but fled when he realized there was a warrant for his arrest. Todd abandoned his tractor trailer at a truck stop in Sioux City, Iowa.

Todd is a white male, DOB 07/07/1944, 5 feet 10 inches, 200 pounds, and is known to frequent casinos and play guitar. He may try to pass himself off as a musician in clubs.

Alert to Law Enforcement

Any agency with information on the whereabouts of fugitive Chester Leroy Todd may contact Denver, Colorado, Police Detective Dixie Grimes at 720-913-6102 or Investigator Joe Delmonico at 720-913-6817 or delmonicoj@ci.denver.co.us. Any agency with victim or suspect information for the Truck Driver Serial Killings ongoing investigation may contact Crime Analyst Jayne Stairs of the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Unit at 703-632-4168 or jstairs@leo.gov.

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Title Annotation:ViCAP Alert
Publication:The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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