B.R. Bates

B.R. Bates is a longtime author and journalist who has concentrated her career in the pop culture genre, with 12 books in print, numerous e-books, and years of other publications such as many, many clips from her career in newspapers. With "The 'Baby Doll' Serial Killer" (formerly the academic edition "Missing from Michigan Ave") she made her first foray into true crime, returning more solidly to her journalism roots. After researching the case of convicted serial killer John Eric Armstrong, she turned to an earlier Detroit serial, Benjamin ("Tony") Atkins, for the second title in the Murders in the Motor City series, "The Crack City Strangler."

She graduated from Michigan State University's accredited School of Journalism with a bachelor's

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