Gary Michael Hilton, the Appalachian Trail Murderer, followed a very distinct crime pattern. It's a variation of what's commonly called the "express kidnapping." There is no specific section of the criminal code for forced withdrawals from ATMs, which was the motive behind Hilton's murders. This crime pattern is not tracked by the police. Because it's not tracked, no less than three serial killers were able to operate in the South East Atlantic and South Central states with no one realizing they were there. The second killer is Bruce Mendenhall, a cross country trucker from Illinois who was discovered by accident. He was stopped for a traffic violation and when the officer approached the cab of the truck, he saw blood dripping from the door. The inside of the cab was coated with the blood of his most recent victim. He's under indictment in Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia and is under suspicion in 6 more murders. The "Town Mall Killer" targets women with young children in SUVs. He uses the child to control the mother, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24920708/. The one thing all three of these killers had in common was their victims' ATM cards. If the legislature in any state were to require all ATM owners to provide a master list of their ATM addresses to the state, the police could simply overlay those addresses against the crime code sections for robbery, abduction, carjacking, home invasion, murder, rape, and missing persons and the software would instantly pull up all those crimes connected to the ATM. The police could then research their files for similar cases and killers like Hilton and Mendenhall would stand out like a sore thumb. The FBI says that the Town Mall Killer has committed similar crimes in the past. An ATM picture of him may be in a Florida police department's files, but without the ability to research the files, the police will never know it is there. If you want to do something about this, contact me. JPZingher@gmail.com