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The Cop Who Was the Killer
“For 40 years, California hunted a serial predator. He turned out to be one of their own.”
Case #006
FOR 40 YEARS
CALIFORNIA
Between 1974 and 1986, a single offender committed over 100 burglaries, 50 sexual assaults, and 13 murders across California. Investigators had DNA but no match in any database.
“For 40 years, California hunted a serial predator. He turned out to be one of their own.”
The Turn
In 2018, detectives uploaded crime-scene DNA to a public genealogy website, built a family tree from distant relatives, and traced it to a 72-year-old former police officer — who had been a cop during his years of terror.