title: The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Case of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murders (True Crime)
author: Jeffery Wells
description: Jeffery Wells is a native Georgian. Educated in Georgia public schools, he went on to receive his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Georgia in 1996, when he graduated cum laude. In 2006, he received his master's degree in history from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, where he received the William Ivey Hair Outstanding Graduate Student in History award. Beginning his teaching career in 1998, Wells has taught at the middle school, high school, technical college and community college levels. Currently, he is the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division chair at Georgia Military College, where he also serves as assistant professor of history. He has authored several books on Georgia history, including In Atlanta or In Hell: The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900, also published by The History Press; Bigfoot in Georgia: Legends, Myths, and Sightings, published by Pine Winds Press; and Moments in McDonough History. In addition, he is the author of several articles on Georgia history. He is a member of the Georgia Association of Historians, the Southern Historical Association, the Georgia Old Capital Museum Society, the Old Campbell County Historical Society and the Genealogical Society of Clayton and Henry Counties. He resides in metro Atlanta.
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  The Cecil Hotel
  
  
  Historical Fiction by
  
  
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  Resources:
  
  
  The Los Angeles Times.
  
  
  The New York Times.
  
  
  USA Today.
  
  
  
  
  
  CBS
  
  
  Los Angeles.
  
  
  Los Angeles County Records Office.
  
  
  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office.
  
  
  Los Angeles Police Department, Central Division.
  
  
  Authors James T. Bartlett, Leah Myette, Denise Hamilton, and Kathy Tran.
  
  
  Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
  
  
  LACounty.com
  
  
  KRON4 News
  
  
  American Horror Story
  
  
  Rick Jackson, Retired LAPD.
  
  
  Paul Tippin, Retired LAPD.
  
  
  Leroy Orozco, Retired LAPD.
  
  
  Dora the Dispatcher, LAPD.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgements:
  
  
  I’d like to thank Rick Jackson, Paul Tippin, and Leroy Orozco for helping me
  with this project. I called them out of the blue and they stepped up big time.
  It’s that kind of helpful spirit that I love about law enforcement.
  
  
  A grateful thank you to the staff of Stay on Main (formerly Cecil Hotel) for
  their hospitality and allowing me to po