David Lohr

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David Lohr (born 1975) is an American journalist. Lohr has written about and interviewed many of the world's most notorious criminals. Previously, he was senior investigative crime writer for the former CourtTV’s Crime Library and Discovery Channel, where he headed the Criminal Report at Investigation Discovery and reported on true crime cases in the news.[1] Lohr currently is a senior crime reporter for The Huffington Post.[2]

Lohr gained national prominence in 2003 when a long-elusive serial murderer read one of the writer’s articles about the decades-long mystery of the BTK murders in Wichita, Kansas (BTK refers to writings of the killer saying "bind, torture, kill"). After reading Lohr’s account of the unsolved crimes, Dennis Rader mailed a letter to KAKE TV, a local ABC affiliate in Wichita, KS, that contained suspicious information related to the crimes, including a list of book chapters titled "The BTK Story" that were similar to a list of book chapters about the crimes created by David Lohr.[3] This information led to the arrest and eventual confession and conviction of Rader for the killing of 10 people between 1974 and 1991.[3]

External links

  1. ^ "David Lohr: Profile", Crime Magazine, accessed Sept 12, 2013
  2. ^ "Profile: David Lohr," The Huffington Post, accessed Sept. 12, 2013
  3. ^ a b Sylvester, Ron. "FBI combs letter, seeks ties to BTK." The Wichita Eagle, March 14, 2007. Accessed Sept 12, 2013

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