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Something smelled fishy about that story to me, so I spent the last 15 minutes looking into it. It's definitely a horrible story, but the perpetrator seems not to be sane. He was found not mentally competent to stand trial. In other words, it's not an incident that's representative of a larger crime problem, just something that could have happened in any neighborhood, in any city. Mental illness is everywhere.
The OP hasn't stated a budget for apartments, and that is an important criteria which needs to be stated before asking blue sky questions.
The responses at this point are reliable, IF the OP gets back to you all with more helpful information. Otherwise, an internet search would suffice, or a simple search on the upper right "search this forum" will be helpful if one does not want to reveal their budget.
There is only so much one can do in providing a helpful response.