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| 2 inmates charged in decades-old slayings |
| By San Francisco Chronicle |
| Published: 02/23/2004 |
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Armed with new DNA evidence, San Francisco authorities Feb. 13 charged two prison inmates with raping and murdering women in cases that date back more than 20 years. Both inmates were scheduled to be freed later this month for other crimes but will now remain in custody pending the setting of bail, if any, on the latest charges. In the first case, San Francisco police had interviewed the suspect at the time of the slaying based on a tip, but could not link him to the crime until recently through DNA testing. In the second case, police long believed that another man was responsible for the rape and killing. That changed when physical evidence gathered at the crime scene was compared with the DNA database of known criminals, and the results pointed to someone else -- one of the new suspects. "The rewarding thing in cases like this is the reaction that we get in telling the families that these cases have been solved, and those responsible will be brought to justice,'' said Lt. John Hennessey of the homicide detail. |
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