Recently saw an article in the Orlando Sentinel (see source list for link) about a series of murders in the Daytona Beach area ... what I found most interesting is that it brought to light how frequently serial killers work as professional truck drivers, or at least are shown to frequent trucking routes. Yeah, I know The Lone Trucker is a super common serial killer archetype from TV and film ... but I still feel kinda surprised by what the Orlando Sentinel article revealed: "According to the FBI, the four killings are among 28 in Florida that are unsolved and connected to serial killings that the bureau suspects were committed by long-haul truckers ... The FBI report documents dozens of serial killings of people whose bodies were dumped near popular trucking routes. The report is accompanied by a map that shows the FBI plotting more than 500 serial killings — mostly prostitutes and female drug users — across the United States ... At least 10 serial killers, all of them long-haul truckers accused of murdering more than 30 women, have been behind bars since 2004."

The quest for the Orlando serial killer began when a pattern emerged in four murders ... each victim was a female and all were found shot, execution style, killed by a single bullet to the back of the head. The article did not reveal whether the additional victims possibly linked to the serial killer(s) were murdered in the same way. From the article: "Investigators have few leads because the slain women were mostly prostitutes or drug abusers living on the fringe of society. Their bodies were dumped in remote or obscure locations ... Todd said the suspects' mobility, the high-risk lifestyle of the victims, a lack of witnesses and forensic evidence make these cases almost impossible to solve."

See sources below for a couple other interesting news articles on the scope of the FBI's nationwide quest for serial killing truckers.