How Texas' most notorious serial killers were caught

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On Tuesday, Harris County police arrested 46-year-old Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, a suspected serial killer believed to be behind three murders in the Houston-area.

After more than two weeks on the run and a short car chase, authorities arrested Rodriguez and charged him with capital murder.

Because Rodiguez' alleged crime spree took place over nine days, police were on the lookout and managed to spot him inside a victim's car.

That hasn't been the case for other Texas serial killers, many of whom have spread their terror across multiple years, sometimes decades.

To see how some of Texas' most notorious serial killers were caught and arrested, check out the gallery above.

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