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Crimescape
Nightcrawler: Eight women vanish… and no one knows why
He was on the football and wrestling teams in high school — a giant of a man, a US Army veteran and a college student who dreamed of the day when he would become a teacher. He also had a deep sexual compulsion to kill … again and again. He was a cold, ruthless murderer who preyed on the weak and deceived the police at almost every turn. When his most terrible secret was finally revealed, an entire city was left in shock and grief. How and why could such a thing happen?
Mark Gado was a detective with the City of New Rochelle Police Department in New York for 29 years and also a federal agent assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force from 1997 to 1999. During that assignment, he received the International Award of Honor in New Orleans. Mark was named Investigator of the Year 2000 and received dozens of other awards and commendations during his long police career.
Mark Gado’s first book, Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt, was published by Praeger in March, 2006. Killer Priest is the terrifying true story of the only Catholic priest in American history to be executed for murder. Gado’s second book, Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press, was published by Praeger in November 2007. His 2011 short true crime eBook MOM: The Killer was a Kindle bestseller.
Gado has been a writer for more than 20 years. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications and on websites, including truTV’s Crime Library.
Mark Gado was a detective with the City of New Rochelle Police Department in New York for 29 years and also a federal agent assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force from 1997 to 1999. During that assignment, he received the International Award of Honor in New Orleans. Mark was named Investigator of the Year 2000 and received dozens of other awards and commendations during his long police career.
Mark Gado’s first book, Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt, was published by Praeger in March, 2006. Killer Priest is the terrifying true story of the only Catholic priest in American history to be executed for murder. Gado’s second book, Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press, was published by Praeger in November 2007. His 2011 short true crime eBook MOM: The Killer was a Kindle bestseller.
Gado has been a writer for more than 20 years. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications and on websites, including truTV’s Crime Library.
- GenresTrue CrimeNonfiction
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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January 3, 2026
Mark Gado is a retired cop from New Rochelle, NY and in this book he profiles Kendall Francois, a three hundred pound monster who strangled eight women to death and stored the decomposing corpses in his family's garbage-strewn home in Poughkeepsie, NY. A few photos are included and the accumulation of filth are beyond description.
Kendall lived upstairs and snuck his victims into his bedroom, where he murdered them after sex. All were crack addicted prostitutes and the widespread vice in Poughkeepsie is quite shocking. A quick but entertaining read.
Kendall lived upstairs and snuck his victims into his bedroom, where he murdered them after sex. All were crack addicted prostitutes and the widespread vice in Poughkeepsie is quite shocking. A quick but entertaining read.
July 16, 2015
Read in 2015.
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