copycat

Manson long maintained that he had not ordered any murders even after his 1971 conviction, with some claiming the 1969 murders were “copycats” masterminded by another.

On one level, you can understand this - many of these inexplicable assaults on the community are copycat in nature.

Federal law normally bans pharmacies from making copycat versions of commercially available drugs.

The motives remain unclear, as does whether the threats come from a single individual, a group, or are simply copycat acts.

For many years, knife attacks on strangers have come in waves in this country and they seem to be horrific copycat attempts at gaining attention.