Couple's murder helped lead investigators to suspect in East Area Rapist case

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Channel: KCRA 3 · 2018 · News & Politics

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A Santa Cruz woman said her father and her step-mother were victims of the Golden State Killer, a serial killer also known as the East Area Rapist, in 1980. Jennifer Carole said her 12-year-old brother found Lyman and Charlene Smith dead in their bed. According to investigators, evidence collected from their murder scene helped them find the suspect.

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