31.   Norman Bates is a serial murder character from the Alfred Hitchcock film Pyscho.

32.   Police relied on a backhoe and shovels as well as sniffer dogs and sophisticated sonar equipment used in recent years to crack a grisly serial murder case in Britain.

33.   Police were helped at the scene by dogs from the Netherlands and sophisticated sonar equipment used in recent years to crack a grisly serial murder case in Britain.

34.   Serial murders?

35.   The case ranks among the worst serial murders in British history.

36.   The Berlin International Film Festival saw its share of serial murders on screen this year.

37.   The escape was the latest in a recent series of setbacks for the prison service, including the suicide in custody of serial murder suspect Frederick West.

38.   With Ivan Milat convicted and sent to jail for the rest of his life for the serial murders of seven backpackers, Australians remain uneasy.

39.   Grove said it was too early to tell whether the Boksburg killings were linked to two earlier serial murder cases in Gauteng province.

40.   A juror who was dismissed during the serial murder trial of Rosemary West appeared before a judge Friday on charges of hitting a security guard during the trial.