American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

by Maureen Callahan

To be a Texas Ranger had always been a point of pride for Rayburn; they’re about as outlaw as a law-enforcement agency gets. Their motto is “One Riot, One Ranger.” They took down John Wesley Hardin and Bonnie and Clyde. The Lone Ranger is a Texas Ranger gone rogue. Journalist John Salmon Ford, who served as Ranger captain in the 1850s, described the Rangers this way: “A large portion . . . were unmarried. A few of them drank intoxicating liquors. Still, it was a company of sober and brave men. They knew their duty and they did it. While in a town they made no braggadocio demonstration. They did not gallop through the streets, shoot and yell. They had a specie of moral discipline which developed moral courage. They did right because it was right.”