Source Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Almost 50 years after three women were strangled to death in Ventura County, cold case investigators said Thursday that they'd found the suspected serial killer who committed these murders. "We believe there may be additional victims, both locally and in other states," Ventura County Dist. Back in 1977, detectives working these cases did notice there were patterns. The county's cold case unit was reexamining the 1977 killings and had started uploading evidence to a massive DNA database used by homicide detectives across the nation. Alexander appeared in Ventura County Superior Court on Thursday morning and will face arraignment later this month.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 09, 2024 19:27 UTC