Chimera: The Crimes of Elaine Parent

In July of 1990, the headless, handless body of a young woman named
Beverly McGowan was found in a canal near St. Lucie, Florida. As
they began their investigation, detectives had no way of knowing
that they were embarking on one of the strangest cases of their
careers—the twisting, turning story of a consummate con woman,
killer, and master of disguise…a criminal so skilled at deception
that she would manage to stay one step ahead of the agencies
hunting her for more than a decade, even after being named the Most
Wanted Woman in the World. And even after they found her, she would
still leave a long trail of mysteries behind her.

Sources:
The Telegraph:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1391705/Chameleon-Killer-cheats-the-Florida-police-by-ending-her-many-faced-life.html

Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-killer-s-many-faces-1.165231

South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1996/12/11/90-murder-trail-leads-to-woman/

The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/11/features11.g22

TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" with Robert Stack
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Parent
Murderpedia:
https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/parent-elaine.htm

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