The Bicycle Predator- Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer’s Depraved Obsession

Thirteen-year-old Sean Moore pedaled his red bicycle toward the 7-Eleven, fifty cents in his pocket and a promise to be home by dinner. He never made it back. What Sean didn't know was that Ronald Bailey had been watching, waiting, perfecting his deadly craft for over twenty years.

Bailey wasn't the monster parents warned their children about—he was the friendly stranger who offered to help fix a flat tire, the concerned adult asking for directions, the helpful neighbor with a warm smile. For two decades, he moved through America's heartland like a phantom, leaving behind a trail of missing children and devastated families while law enforcement agencies remained blind to the patterns connecting his crimes.

His weapon wasn't a gun or knife—it was a bicycle. His hunting grounds weren't dark alleys but sunny playgrounds and quiet suburban streets. His victims weren't random targets but carefully selected children who matched his twisted preferences. And his greatest skill wasn't violence—it was the ability to vanish without a trace, moving between states and jurisdictions while authorities chased shadows.

From his brutal childhood in Detroit's most dangerous neighborhoods to his manipulation of psychiatric institutions, from his first assault at age thirteen to his escalation to murder, Bailey's story reveals how a monster is made—and how society's failures enabled his reign of terror.

The investigation that finally brought him down would expose shocking failures in law enforcement coordination, psychiatric care, and child protection systems. It would reveal that Bailey's confirmed victims were likely just a fraction of his true toll. And it would show how one family's unimaginable tragedy became the catalyst for revolutionary changes in how America protects its children.

But even after Bailey's capture, conviction, and death in prison, haunting questions remain. How many children really died at his hands? What other monsters are operating undetected in our communities? And have we truly learned the lessons his crimes should have taught us?

This is the complete, untold story of America's most prolific child killer—and the ongoing fight to protect innocence from evil.

Read “The Bicycle Predator” and discover the chilling truth that will forever change how you see the world around you.