Investigator breaks down DNA strategy that lead to East Area Rapist suspect

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Channel: KCRA 3 · 2018 · News & Politics

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Court documents released Friday details how investigators used DNA to find and arrest a suspect in the decades-old East Area Rapist case. Retired Contra Costa District Attorney investigator Paul Holes looked into cold cases for the DA’s office and began investigating the notorious serial killer in 1994. He began doing work with the DNA and then became an investigator.  Holes revealed more details Friday about what it took to find and arrest Joseph DeAngelo, the man suspected of being the East Area Rapist, a serial killer also known as the Golden State Killer.

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