This article explores the unsettling reality and the mixed emotions experienced by a community when a serial killer is arrested in their vicinity. The author describes the impact on the neighborhood's sense of security and the morbid curiosity that ensues.

Fear mingles with curiosity, like a neighborhood version of staring at a car accident.

What Happens When a Serial Killer Is Arrested Up the Street?

It is 6 a.m. in Sacramento, California. I am waking up for work just as the sun is making its way over the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountains, visible from my bedroom window. I shower. Get dressed…

What Happens When a Serial Killer is Arrested Up the Street

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