For seven years Thomas Hargrove, a former journalist, has been compiling a Serial Killer data base. or Murder accountability project (MAPS). He did this by collecting municipal records on murders. He even went as far as suing for records to ensure his data base has as many files as possible. This database uses an algorithm he created to collect data linking serial killers by method, place, time, and the victims sex. It also helps determine in a town with many unsolved murders whether the crimes might be linked to one killer. This method has helped law enforcement put away many killers in many towns. There are other people who use similar algorithms Radford Serial Killer Database hold almost five thousands entries from all over the globe. These databases allow the public to have access to the unsolved crimes in their areas. "One of map’s most public benefits has been making people aware of how few murders in America are solved. In 1965, a killing led to an arrest more than ninety-two per cent of the time. In 2016, the number was slightly less than sixty per cent, which was the lowest rate since records started being kept. Los Angeles had the best rate of solution, seventy-three per cent, and Detroit the worst, fourteen per cent. "
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