The last of the victims of the criminal spree of the month was hiding in some bushes in Cliff Drive, Glendale. It was November 29. Her parents identified the body. It was Lauren Wagner, a student of eighteen who had not returned home the night before. Ten such killings in less than six weeks was a huge number even for the usual rate of Los Angeles, where several people are murdered every day. The Hillside Strangler filled television reports around the world. But the police took care not to let reality seep in. They were searching for two men, and the less the murderers knew of the investigation the better.