Hometown Tragedy: The Hunt for the Daytona Beach Serial Killer | Full Episode
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- A serial killer preys on women from a hardscrabble section of Daytona Beach, Florida. Detectives have boxes of DNA and ballistic evidence - they just don't have a suspect.
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What’s crazy is I went to college with him. He was even on our college cheerleading team.
Omg 😫 😲 😱 That's scary as hell. You never know who could be a killer, let alone a serial one.
yikes!
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That goof was a cheerleader!? 😮
Teacher; that's wild. Went to school with him.
That officer had a damn good reason to call said dude a scumbag and hurl insults. What they don't tell you is Daytona city council was being annoying bc they were trying to repress the media about warning the community because they were worried about the beach area's income. Many people don't realize how much $$$ comes in from the beach businesses alone & the announcement of a serial killer would have put a massive impact fiscally on those businesses. I remember bc I was in Jacksonville just north of Daytona and heard all about it from a friend of the family.
The person committing these crimes may have been a male, but not a man.
These are acts of pure cowardice.
Yep so true. I agree with Laquetta's mother too, it's better he has to suffer prison than get the death penalty tbh.
Demon
Almost always male. It's difficult as a woman not to hate and be repulsed by them. We don't know who is who. They ruin our lives..
I went to school with this guy. When I think back to those days, I recall seeing him walking around the campus randomly. He was always outside. Never in class, meetings, or the cafeteria. He would just roam around the campus in his flip flops. He was a cheerleader too. Thankfully, tho, he never murdered any students. He sparred us. We were all truly blessed! This is mind bottling. You just never know what monster you may have amongst you.
RIP to all victims ❤
Great documentary, very local.
Daytona Beach is it a lot of hype and overrated ?
@@theranjithjay yes. it's a craphole. i lived there from '92-'02 and it was on it's decline. it was a fun place to be.
A cheerleader? WTF
WOW, how shameful that this flip flop guy randomly murdered and raped these innocent four females. R.I.P.💔💔💔💔
After 14 years. Damn. Excellent work.
I am so glad that the police put all their efforts into finding the killer. Others would have brushed it off because most of the victims being sex workers.
Hahaha, better police would have caught him 10 years sooner. Officer DNA caught that guy, not those donutlovers.
Yes, ........they put they efforts into it because they know that sex workers are human beings too , and they have family, they might have children , they are made of fresh so they had feeling when their were being killed 😢
I would like to say thank you to Paul Holes for changing the game in catching these killers. If it wasn't your work catching the GSK law enforcement would have so many unsolved cases.
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Bout broke my heart when the little, old lady said she doesn't celebrate Christmas anymore and gave away all her Christmas stuff.. I lost my mom dec 28 and others too but I learned how to carry on because thats what they would have wanted for me. God Bless and I'm glad they got this goof...
Ps know or attempt to believe this: IF your a good person you'll spend eternity with your love ones and this heinous chunk of excrement WONT BE ANYWHERE IN THE PICTURE.
They say serial killer to make it seem there is only one. I would be surprised if there are less than 5 in Daytona at any given time.
Her lovely mother is right, nobody deserves this…..
Yes please more full episodes
So glad they caught the monster!!
3 life sentences?
How unfortunate.
He should already be in the cold ground.
High security prisons are unrelentingly tiresome places.
But he will adapt and find interests and activities enough to say he still has more of a life than those poor women.
So you track down a buyer of the exact gun in question and he tells you he gave it to his mother and there's no follow up?? Thats weird.
Um… no, they followed up. Hence the arrest.
Hometown tragedy be hitting my spirit in so many ways, I finally caught a video soon as it dropped. Awwww mom you wasn't square, but a great mom who wanted what was best for your beautiful daughter!! But for the grace of God there goes I, I had to get my life right and fast, loyalty and being naive got me in some predicaments that could have resulted in me not being here today. All the glory goes to my higher power, if it had not been for his grace and mercy I wouldn't be here to tell my story. Rest in heaven to the beautiful victims and their families!
Well spoken! In case anyone hasn’t told you today, I’m proud of you! Gods always beside you when things get rocky.
Wow, I can surely relate. I'm fortunate that I grew up in a very small town, far from places that young people wanted to go. Plus, we couldn't afford for me to travel for things like spring break. I surely managed to get myself into some very risky situations though, & it's only by the grace of God that I didn't end up in a ditch somewhere. I drove my poor mom crazy. It's no wonder that she needed to take "nerve pills" as she called them. I'm glad she lived long enough to see me grow up & get my shit together. Thankfully, she only ever knew about a small percentage of my stupid antics. I had two older brothers, & my mom always said that raising me was harder than raising both of them. She was a wonderful woman, & I'm blessed to have had her for a mother. May she rest in peace with the knowledge that I'm doing well.
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Lol, Same here I felt like that I just won the lottery!😁🤣
Amen 🙏
I really like Laquetta's mother, she's a straight talking deep human being and it pisses me off that she has to live with this traumatic memory. Can't even celebrate Christms anymore. I really hope she's doing ok.
No doubt...listening to her talk & seeing how this has absolutely devastated this woman you just want to give her the biggest, warmest hug in the world...
I want to hug her and send her love and prayers. ❤️ And she's right about right is right and wrong is wrong but her daughter didn't deserve that.
So much for the Profiler's prediction and assertion that the Serial Killer was a middle-aged White Male...
Probably because usually serial killers fit that profile. Black serial killers are rare, but they do exist. Either way what a sad case... RIP to all of the victims!😞
Yeah, way off lol
@@NahNah1480just like the one they just caught in LA
Actually black serial killers are not rare. They are pretty much proportional to the population distribution. Strangely enough, DEI doesn’t apply to things like serial killing.
Now, if you go solely by the FBI definition of 3 or more victims, the number of black “serial killers” explodes, but that’s because that definition would force them to include mass/gangland/drive by shootings.
correct !!
love your documentaries. tysm for sharing these stories with such quality. prayers to the families involved
Im South Australian, but I never miss a new HomeTown tragedy episode I think it's a brilliant concept and very thoughtful and sympathetic of the victims families and the local community. The Town Council where I live, I'm 70% sure may never consider something alike this.
Ever since i got You Tube in living room on big screen i have watched nothing else. Great job. You Tube
Sex workers are so vulnerable all while working a job they never wanted. It’s no wonder they’re the “go to” for killers, you don’t even have to “hunt”, victims literally get in the car. I would hate for my mom to learn I was found like Ms. Gunther was found, that’s more horrifying than death for me. Best wishes to the families.
Women in general not just sex workers.
Also some sex workers love being sex workers.
It’s a myth all women are forced into sex work. Plenty of women find it an enjoyable career. Look how popular Sugar babies and OnlyFans is.
So true & well said!
That's no job. A job is a place where you take responsibility you learn skills you have chances for advance man you get paid based on a paycheck or profits from a business. You use the money to grow your business not to f****** buy drugs
My brother was a college student in Daytona around 1970. He wasn't afraid of anything; I visited him in a tiny, dark apartment on a place called "Booze Alley," where you could watch stoners dance in the parking lot below, by the light from their vans' taillights.... If you told me there was a serial killer working the neighborhood, I'd have believed you.
Why would he be afraid? The majority of victims of serial killers are women.
God bless the family and community
Killing people for NOTHING
He stole this poor woman’s daughter and her life she can’t even bring herself to celebrate Christmas anymore 😂😢 RIP!
How is that funny? 😢
What a horrible man. To think it was in the middle of suburbia. That poor family and she was such a brave person. GOD BLESS HER AND HER NEW FAMILY!!
Genetic Genealogy. Yes!
RIP Girls. Justice Served, the barbarian gone.
Barbara Rurak, Laquetta Gunther's Mom, seems like a strong, determined woman who loved her daughter very much. I'm sorry she had to shoulder the burden of this awful tragedy. None of the victims or their loved ones deserved the horror this man inflicted. Awful.
Why didn't they question his mom?? If they had questioned his mom they would have caught him years ago. They dropped the ball on that one. 😮😮
They worked good but counted on luck, as the coppa in the video said, hahaha. Morons!
Unfortunately, these sick people are everywhere, and way more than we even know about, just be vigilant, and don’t go out alone at night if you can help it. I hate guns, but I’m seriously thinking about taking a gun safety class and buying one for protection.
They claim to have the dna of the evil man. I pray that all of THESE sick evil people get caught. I🙏 that they leave our little women alone.😢
Without closed captions I, and many others are unable to view this.
I appreciate this detective for the way he speaks about the victims, uses the proper term of sex worker when appropriate and speaks in a respectful manner about them either way. Because, like with any job, we are all human beings above any job description and we are deserve the same care & respect.
If you think that the term prostitute is derogatory, you're prejudiced.
Prostitute is a respectful word.
The word in the dictionary is prostitute , whore which is in the bible is derogatory . It's not a job , just as thieving or drug dealing are not jobs . All these are usually harshly addicted to hard drugs . They are expensive and most need criminal activities to support habits of hundreds a day .
Prostitute is in the dictionary , whore is on the bible and is offensive.
Why don't they do the DNA background?
They need to put any dna into 23 and me, ASAP!!!!
If they would have took Dna if a cup or bottle iff everyone that they interviewed whi had bought that particular gun then they would have got him year's ago ! Great Police work !
Such a sick coward
The people running Daytona beach have let criminals take over the beach. It use to be absolutely beautiful and pretty safe even at night. Now you don't want to go to Daytona at night. Not only that but the city made taxes their priority and allowed condos to be built along the entire coast line. These Condos section of the beach and claim it as their property making private land .you can't drive down the beach like you yse too.
'Good' Riddance, to 'Evil' Rubbish.
It's terrible that police didn't look into his statement and contact his mother right away. They're responsible for those murders
No its the fault of the killer no one else .
Typical cops actually
Αυτά τα κτήνη είναι σαν την Λερναία Ύδρα, ένα κεφάλι κόβεις και 10 ξαναβγάζει
This detective is a good speaker and seems like a decent sort.
The great thing about this series is that it provides location to the hottest spots in every town ;)
14 years to catch the killer.
I like what the detective said: "I actually don't like the term 'cold case' I like to say 'open' - we'll never give up on any of our victims".
Julie Green ......... what sort of boyfriend or ANYONE (with any morals) would let a woman wlk late at night by themselves
i knew laquetta and whitey gunther back in the early/mid 90s. good people. rip.
I never heard of this serial killer before!
Wasn't The brightest Bulb on the tree.
As my wonderful, tender, devoted Catholic mother Theresa Hearn, who grew up during depression & knw hardships of life & effects on ppl's souls wld say as she blessed$$$ those she met in NYC streets often said- "That's somone's child" 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I'm so sorry for their loose ....
...not to mention their LOSS
If only they were tight
Just watched a Criminologist seminar who stated there are about 3000 active serial killers at a time. Given the population of the US, it seems small.. yet it seems like a large number just the same
Not too many unsolved in future with DNA
I remember being a kid when this was going on. I’d always see the women on ridgewood and feel sorry for them. Thank god the police never quit looking. My friends step dad got in a altercation with a prostitute and they grilled him for days and followed him everywhere. But his dna didn’t match. It was a crazy time
Whyte girl named Laquita 😮
Sick monster 👹
The beaches in the mainland is gross 🤮 😂
Very dirty
My wife remembers this ,she was so scared she wouldn't leave the house!!!!
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As usual, psychics were eager to put their two cents' worth to obfuscate a very difficult case.
Not wanting your child to be a prostitute or drug addict is not square honey that’s ridiculous. Both of those things are detrimental to her soul.
very sad
THERE IS NO SORRY 😢!!!!!
We never had this problem when we just ate. Oatmeal
I think when he gets to prison and they see his paperwork, she will be a victim and he's not a big guy so he's either going to be somebody's b**** or he's going to be dead in due time..
A white woman with the name, LaQuetta is wild to me 🤣😂
Both the Profiler and the psychic were wrong- imagine my surprise!! I can’t believe both of those are still used in this day and age.
Detectives/cops are not dedicated to families of victims. They are dedicated to their egos. It's an 'us vs them' game to cops.
Try the Shelli Wiley Laramie Wyoming 1985 case
Live in Laramie I believe they arrested the man
I see my neighborhood on ridge haha
Glad. They. Caught. The man. After. So. Long. From. Aus.
What does a psychic charge the town of Daytona beach for a reading??
P.s. you’d think if psychics were legit they would be peddling their service for free and eager to help around the country. Seems to me it’s as Houdini determined
Funny, how years L8R, Life sneaks up, & bites him in the Ass.
I followed this case for quite a few years as I actually lived in Daytona and that Ridgewood Avenue area from 1994 to 2001. I lost track of the case and hadn't really looked it up. This is the first time I'm hearing that they actually caught, tried and convicted the killer. Not sure why this wasn't bigger news nationally. I remember when they caught BTK Dennis Rader, Green River Gary Ridgeway, and more recently the Long Island Serial Killer Rex Huermann...you heard about it on the national news daily for a long time.
As mentioned in this video, because of Daytona tourism,
the story was kept quiet.
@@glitter-lk5dz They tried to keep the story of the Daytona Serial Killer quiet is what they said. If they caught the guy they should be telling everyone to HELP tourism. Your statement makes no sense and you didn't pay attention and comprehend the statement correctly. Thanks for sharing though...moron.
I knew from the description of the way he left the first victim that he was black (I’m black btw)
Daytona is really trashy. I live not far from there. Gross place
Did the cops screw up??
LaQuetta’s mom wants to know WHY, but I don’t think there is a WHY beyond the fact that Robert Hayes is a really bad person, a selfish thief of others’ lives.
He wanted free sex and he killed these women for the same reason he claimed the gun he supposedly gave to his mother was stolen: he didn’t want to pay for his crimes either.
Robert Hayes is worse than worthless, and he will rot in prison until he dies and meets his maker.
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I knew when the cop said "other means," it meant they went through people's DNA data.
Feed him cereal not forever. Makes no sense
I wonder 💭 How did they come up with a middle aged white man though 🫣🤦🏾♂️
Tragic of course. Extreme heat and humidity can fu@k off.
Whats the killers name??
The killers name is always in the file.
So they had the killer. Let him go amd he killed 1x more at least. So sad
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Laquetta?
Doesn't DNA tell if you are white or black.
He has mor victims in other towns too much time idle for not to be**
This is how you portray a human being, who also happens to be a sex worker.
Watch the killing season they already solved this
Oh my. He's not white,. Fire da profiler
Not interested in any Sinclair Media content.
Men… the worlds problems
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This is so sad. My sincere condolences and prayers go out to the family.🙏🏾 But this is an example that life is short. Death is certain. Sin was the cause but Jesus Christ is the cure. Place your faith in Jesus Christ today and receive eternal life. Essentially, there are only two places we go after death the smoking section (hell) and the non smoking section (heaven). Where do you want to end up? The choice is yours!
Profiling Is a bunch of crap almost every single one middle age white man dont like pickles it's almost exactly same Profiling every case