Edward Surrat that Thing you feared in a Dark Alley , Who haunted this area in late 70's leaving behind more questions than answers.

You can still see many of the old farm property's out by the Greater Pittsburgh Airport   in Findlay Twp. that had hastily put up mercury lights on them in late 1970's when an animal  From Alliquippa by the name Edward Surrat was running around  Western Pa. on a drug fueled killing spree. A former Vietnam Combat Vet and Long Haul Truck Driver he sits in a southern Prison with 2 life sentences with no chance of parole an old man now in his late 70's .
Thou he has confessed to certain murders he was never charged and they are considered cleared many questions still remain why how and where his victims remains are which he claims can never be recovered.

Looking into the eyes of  a true evil animal 

Look Deeply into the eyes of this menacing individual who gave people nightmares for months as they lived in terror each day where they next and the constant heart ache of not knowing where your loved one is if has admitted to killing them.
His specialty was attacking couples shot gunning to death the male and then raping terrorizing and killing the female.
One haunting case Surrat is linked to  is a young couple attacked while sitting in a van near the airport the young man killed the young woman vanished.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19781022&id=nVcdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qlkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7054,1967213

In all he is suspected of over a dozen attacks in several states many victims he claims are unrecoverable

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19990321&id=88MiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hrYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1140,5183912

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=20070225&id=frwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1rUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4831,5908261

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19780716&id=nOEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YVgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486,8080

http://www.post-gazette.com/frontpage/2007/02/27/Serial-killer-admits-to-2-Findlay-deaths-in-
1977/stories/200702270145

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19780810&id=jYBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5561,1390803

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19800509&id=dBBZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6881,1958018

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19780722&id=JBleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hF8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3855,3137500

I have included the original  newspaper articles and follow up links above so you can get to know the face of true evil and can see just how terrifying it was in the late 70's when surrat was running free.
Why he did what he did he blames on his service in Vietnam and not getting help.
He and other Vietnam vets who seemed to go mad where the inspiration behind the Rambo series of Films.
I know many Vietnam Combat  Vets and they are fine outstanding individuals and they never went mad so whats was Surrats excuse he has none other than fact that he  allowed his own self to become an animal.
Despite not getting treatment from the VA
What drives a man to go so insane as to kill again and again  having not been in the situation these men have endured I will never know but why do they trigger off and others serve honorably  come home and it is another day?