Cops: serial killer Darren Vann killed for $300, crack

GARY, INDIANA -- Accused serial killer Darren Deon Vann told cops that a hit man paid him $300 and gave him two eight balls of crack cocaine to murder an Indiana woman. So far, the suspected serial killer who preyed on sex workers in Chicago's southern suburbs has been charged with two slayings. Cops say Vann was asked to "disappear" Anith Jones, 35  -- her body was found last Saturday.
The Chicago Sun-Times said: But the document does offer a grim account of how Vann groomed Jones for weeks to build trust, lured her to a Gary home under the guise of pay-for-sex, and then strangled her with a cord.
It also details how Vann stuffed her body in a garbage can and drove it to a vacant home and hid it in the basement under a pile of teddy bears and tires.
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Serial killer Darren Vann's ex: 'He wasn't violent'

HAMMOND, INDIANA -- The former wife of suspected serial killer Darren Deon Vann said her ex-hubby was never violent when they were together.
"This is all unbelievable to me," the unidentified woman said. "A total shocker. I never knew him to be violent, never.  He was so protective of those around him. He was a real friendly person, that's why all this is a shock to me. He had a job all the time; if he lost one, he would quickly get another one."