He was identified last year as a suspect in a rape but was not apprehended until after Aguilar's abduction. “When they received the CODIS hit, that would’ve given them probable cause to get a search warrant to obtain a known DNA sample from McLellan,” Britt said. “It just vanished.”The mistake hangs heavy over the tragic details of Aguilar’s case. As in the 2016 rape case, DNA evidence was allegedly used to link McLellan to Aguilar’s slaying. It’s unclear if McLellan was on the radar of detectives in Aguilar’s case before CODIS identified him as a suspect.

Source: Huffington Post December 13, 2018 23:26 UTC