The news reports don't go into detail, but these women were held captive in his home and tortured before they were murdered and dumped.
On a side note, this man and I believe all of his victims were black. I think statistically this is highly unusual in that most serial killers are white men if I'm not mistaken.
About nine billion years ago, in a thread about criminals, someone observed that prison studies have shown that criminals in general have a lower IQ than the random population. A science-oriented person simply observed that all the study proves is that criminals who get caught and wind up in prison have a lower IQ in general than the random population... (My only point being that stats can't always be taken at face value.)
In regard to "...most serial killers are white men..." I'm dubious about how the label "serial killer" gets applied by PC officials and statisticians.
It seems to me that if a white person kills multiple people over time, that white person will get assigned the label "serial killer." If a black person kills multiple people over time he'll simply be called a "repeat offender." It seems to me there are an awful lot of black people who are repeat offenders.
Is there a "technical" way of separating people who are "repeat offenders" from people who are "serial killers?"
-- KotS