104:, where he lived from December 1994 to July 1995. In early May 1996, Clepper was arrested for the strangulation of 30-year-old Patricia Scott, whose body he had kept in his room for some time, but later disposed of in a trash can behind a nearby school, aided by 29-year-old Eric Henderson and Clepper's 48-year-old mother. After his arrest, the police, based on evidence and testimony, stated that Clepper was a suspect in at least 26 murders. All the victims were involved in prostitution and drug addiction, most of them occurring near Gregory's house, with some of them being acquaintances. Henderson told police in early 1995 that he had even helped Clepper dispose of 28-year-old Alicia Thomas' corpse in a dumpster, where it was found on January 12, 1995. Clepper himself claimed that, while in a drugged state, he had strangled around 40 women in various ways, drawing maps and indicating locations of each dump site. However, after a DNA analysis was conducted, he was excluded in at least 14 cases, and his testimony declared invalid. Later on, Earl Mac Jr. would be arrested for one of the killings Clepper had admitted to. Ultimately, Gregory Clepper would be solely convicted of Patricia Scott's murder in July 2001, receiving 80 years imprisonment with no chance of parole. The
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195:"SOUTH SIDE SLAYINGS DEFY MYTHS ABOUT SERIAL KILLERS"
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