It would take a quarter of a century to ensure a ruthless killer stayed behind bars, and it was all thanks to a simple staring exchange.
In 1979, Joseph Foy lived in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale, Michigan, when his dog’s barking prompted him to get up from the couch and look out the window. He described to Unknown Serial Killers of America overlooking an alley to find a man making “a slashing motion” amidst a physical struggle with a female who fell to the ground.
Foy said he and the “smaller-framed” Black man, who was armed with a knife, locked eyes, leaving the unwitting witness with a lasting impression…