His name was Robert Randall, but to the public, he was known as the "Centerfold Killer." Between 1974 and 1982, Randall murdered at least five models and aspiring models, leaving a trail of devastation and terror in his wake. His victims were all stunningly beautiful, all ambitious, and all with their whole lives ahead of them.
As the evidence mounted against him, Randall finally cracked, confessing to the murders of the five models. But what drove him to commit such heinous crimes?
Over the next several years, similar murders took place, all with eerily similar characteristics. The victims were all young, all beautiful, and all involved in the fashion industry in some way. The killer seemed to be targeting models, or women who aspired to be models, and his methods were becoming increasingly brutal.
In 1978, 24-year-old model and actress, Diane Stewart, was found dead in her apartment, her body bearing the same gruesome marks as Gere's. The police were still stumped, and the public was growing increasingly fearful.
In the end, the legacy of the Centerfold Killer serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked ambition and the devastating consequences of allowing our darker impulses to run amok.