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New DNA collection links inmate to four rapes in Omaha in the early 2000s
By kearneyhub.com
Published: 06/14/2017

Turns out, there’s a reason authorities want felons’ DNA.

A recent push by Douglas County prosecutors to have prison officials collect the DNA of refusing prisoners netted a huge result Monday:

Tests have connected a child rapist now in prison to the serial rapes of four young women in Omaha in the early 2000s, prosecutors say.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Monday that DNA tests link Brandon Weathers, 41, to a series of four rapes in 2002 and 2004 — attacks that targeted young black women, terrorized the Omaha community and led Omaha police to employ controversial measures to try to find the rapist.

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