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On July 22, 1957, two young police officers were murdered during what should have been a routine traffic stop on Rosecrans Avenue in El Segundo, California. Officer Richard Phillips, 28, and Officer Milton Curtis, 25, were ambushed and shot execution-style by a man who had just committed a brutal crime only miles away. An hour earlier, the same suspect had attacked four teenagers at a lover’s lane in Hawthorne — tying them up, robbing them, and raping a 15-year-old girl before stealing their car and fleeing into the night. For nearly half a century, the killer vanished. He dropped stolen watches as he ran through backyards. He buried the murder weapon. He used a fake name to buy the gun. And then he built an entirely new life — a wife, children, businesses, and a reputation as a respected community member. This gripping cold case investigation reveals how a single partial fingerprint lifted from a stolen car in 1957 sat in a file cabinet for 46 years — and how modern FBI fingerprint technology finally identified the Lover’s Lane Bandit as Gerald Fiten Mason, a man who had been living openly under his real name the entire time. ⚠️ DISCLAIMER This is a factual true-crime case based on law-enforcement records, court proceedings, and forensic evidence. No material details have been fictionalized. 🔍 WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS CASE: • The terrifying lover’s-lane attack that started it all • How four teenagers survived a predator who would soon kill again • The routine traffic stop that turned into a double execution • The stolen car and fingerprints left behind in 1957 • The fake identity used to buy the murder weapon • The buried gun found years later in a backyard • How the FBI’s IAFIS fingerprint database changed everything • The burglary arrest that unknowingly preserved the killer’s prints • The 46-year hunt that finally named the suspect • The scar that confirmed the officer’s return fire • The guilty plea that ended California’s longest cold-case cop killing 💬 Do you believe killers who live normal lives for decades deserve parole? Share your thoughts — this case forces difficult questions about justice and time. 👮‍♂️ Subscribe for more cold cases finally brought into the light 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a case solved by science 📢 Share to keep fallen officers and forgotten victims remembered