Real-Life Vigilantes: Airport Slayer, Mexican Batman, to Revenge Mother

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5. Feeling that the police were taking too long, 12-year-old Jessica Maple put her crime-fighting skills to the test after a robbery at her great-grandmother’s home.

4. Feeling that the justice system would fail him, Gary Plauché — the “Airport Slayer” — took matters into his own hands and shot his son’s kidnapper and rapist, Jeff Doucet.

3. Known as the “Revenge Mother,” Marianne Bachmeier opened fire in the middle of the trial of Klaus Grabowski, her daughter’s murderer.

2. After the disappearance of Kelsie Schelling, a woman took it upon herself to meet and even date her former boyfriend to uncover the truth.

1. After police failed to arrest motorcycle thieves, a mysterious vigilante known online as the “Mexican Batman” began hunting them down and duct-taping them to street lamps.