"Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!"
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Her specific intent is pragmatic and media-savvy. Brown isn’t romanticizing the hunt; she’s insisting on evidentiary discipline. “Solid connections” is doing the heavy lifting here, a deliberately forensic phrase that pushes back against vibes-based policing and headline-driven theory. The subtext is a critique of how quickly investigators, journalists, and audiences can collude in building a single compelling arc: matching geographies, cherry-picking similarities, smoothing over contradictions because a unified explanation feels cleaner.
The “reverse problem” framing is sharp because it flips the usual fear (missing the serial killer) into an equally damaging error (inventing one). That matters culturally: the serial-killer label doesn’t just shape public panic, it redirects resources, narrows suspect pools, and can erase the specificity of each victim’s life by turning them into “episodes” of a bigger story.
As an entertainer working adjacent to crime discourse, Brown is also signaling responsibility. True crime sells coherence; she’s arguing for uncertainty when the connective tissue isn’t there. The caution isn’t anti-mystery. It’s pro-reality, even when reality refuses to plot itself.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Brown, Pat. (2026, January 17). Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/without-solid-connections-between-homicides-we-78645/
Chicago Style
Brown, Pat. "Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!" FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/without-solid-connections-between-homicides-we-78645/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!" FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/without-solid-connections-between-homicides-we-78645/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

