Killer Comparisons: Benjamin ("Tony") Atkins and Heriberto Seda, the New York Zodiac
One manually strangled his victims and chose only a demographic that fit his own mother: drug-addicted females of color on the streets. The other shot his victims and was not too choosy -- any gender or ethnicity was fine. One was in Detroit, the other New York City. Between these two convicted serial killers, there's no comparison, right? Well, let's dig into it a bit, shall we ... While Benjamin ("Tony") Atkins (left) was spreading terror along Detroit's historic Woodward Avenue in 1991 and 1992, even beginning his assaults late in 1990, half a country away, Heriberto "Eddie" Seda (below) was stalking his own victims in the Big Apple. Ironically, both of these young men (in their 20s) operated in a place called Highland Park. They were both non-white. And they both adopted an alter ego on the street while committing their crimes -- Atkins using the nickname of Tony, which he claimed was an alternate personality that tormented him and egged him on to ...
