Dark Crossroads

Highway Predator: The tale of the New Bedford Highway Killer Listen Here In the late 1980s, as the rest of America was dancing to Madonna and flocking to see Rain Man in theaters, a dark shadow was being cast over the coastal town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The quiet highways that connected this former whaling community to the rest of the world became the stage for a series of murders that would haunt the region for decades to come. The Forgotten Women Between March and September of 1988, eleven women vanished from the streets of New Bedford. They shared similar backgrounds—most struggled with addiction and survived through sex work in the city's rougher areas. These weren't just statistics; they were daughters, sisters, mothers, and friends whose disappearances initially failed to sound sufficient alarms in law enforcement circles. Christine Montero was the first to vanish, her whereabouts still unknown today. As the months progressed, the disappearances conti...