Between 1971 and 1972, the nation’s capital was gripped by fear. A ruthless predator was stalking the streets of Washington, D.C., abducting young Black girls in broad daylight… only to dump their bodies along the I-295 corridor. The press would dub him the Freeway Phantom—a name that still chills those who remember the case. But over 50 years later, not a single arrest has been made. Who was this phantom? Why did the killings stop? And why do so few people even remember these girls’ names? This is the story of the Freeway Phantom.

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Music: Hard to Beat (OCAAT Theme) and Investigations Inc by Artist Musical Logos

Sources:
1. WUSA9 – Cold Case: Freeway Phantom Series https://www.wusa9.com/
2. The Washington Post Archives (1971–2023)
3. Washington Afro-American Newspaper (1970s)
4. NBC4 Washington — "Who Was the Freeway Phantom?"
5. Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.) — Cold Case Unit
6. FBI Cold Case Files (Freedom of Information Act releases)
7. Prince George’s County Police Department Records (PGPD)
8. Tantamount - Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester
9. Washington City Paper - Mysteriously Missing FBI Report Could Have Helped Solve the Freeway Phantom Cold Case Murders


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