Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 24, 1995 TAG: 9503240096
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Her body was found Sunday morning on the outskirts of Kingsport, Tenn., near Interstate 81, although investigators said the evidence indicated she probably was killed somewhere else. The preliminary report on the cause of death said she was suffocated.
Hanes had been convicted of or charged with prostitution in Ohio, Texas and other states.
Authorities in Tennessee, Virginia and other states are considering the possibility that Hanes may be the latest victim of a suspected serial killer known by the citizens band radio handle of ``Stargazer.'' He is believed to be a trucker who picks up potential victims at truck stops or other places frequented by truckers.
Victims in several states have been linked to Stargazer over the years. They generally are truck-stop prostitutes or groupies, and the cause of death usually is strangulation, beating or suffocation.
Investigators in Washington County have been looking into the possibility that 45-year-old Brenda Kay Hagy of Bloomington, Ind., who was strangled and dumped along Interstate 81 about two months ago, was a victim of this same killer.
And Tennessee authorities are taking a new look at the death of 26-year-old Margaret Sue Goins of Soddy-Davis, Tenn., whose body was found late in 1991 near where Hanes' body turned up. Goins apparently had been killed by a truck that ran over her.
Keywords:
FATALITY
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