(Ames, IA) — A true-crime book argues the infamous 1912 ax murders in the southwest Iowa town of Villisca were committed by a previously overlooked serial killer. Rachel McCarthy James, who co-wrote the book with her father, Bill James, says they did extensive research into dozens of similar slayings, all around the turn of the last century and found other crimes that are very similar. James says it’s possible one man committed dozens of murders over several years in multiple states. His name was Paul Mueller and he was connected to the slaying of a family in Massachusetts in 1897. The authors of the book will give a lecture in Ames tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7 P-M at Iowa State University’s Memorial Union Great Hall.
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