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These 21 People Knew Crazy Murderers Before They Killed

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I knew a serial killer growing up. His name is Bobby Fry. He slept at my house and me his. My wife dated him in high school. When we were 17 he was accused of raping a girl in our social circle sister at a party one night. No one believed it. Yeah were we wrong. He had a bit of a temper but to be honest I never saw it coming. Just a couple of days before he was finally arrested (he was caught when his car got stuck trying to bury a body) I got into a pretty heated argument with him. I often wonder how close I was to being a victim. He nearly beheaded a couple of his victims. There’s a lot more to the story like the fact I do not think he and the guy convicted of helping him acted alone. There was a clique back then that was almost occult like around the people he hung out with. A clique with one leader. He was convicted of killing 4 however they’re (police) pretty sure that count is much higher. I know there is an unsolved murder where we grew up, and it was 2 blocks from where he lived.

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My very first roommate wound up being a killer for hire. I knew he was crazy (his older brother was killed when we were 15 in a drunk driving accident) but I never thought that crazy. He is currently serving life without parole.

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My step brother. I had known him since I was 15. He was my favorite of my 2 step brothers and we were really pretty close. He had been in jail a few times for other offenses, but for the past few years had been doing really well and had an amazingly sweet girlfriend. And one day my mom calls me to tell me that the evening before, he had shot and killed her in their (stepbro and girlfriend’s) driveway. I never would have imagined it from him. I was in complete shock. I have reached out to him a couple times through the years, curious as to what the hell went through his head, but he’s never bothered to reply.

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Office mate of mine killed his new wife, attempted suicide. Came out of nowhere – I am still completely at a loss. He was quiet, but it was otherwise completely out of nowhere. He was apparently having a bunch of psych issues.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.