An elusive serial killer linked to 10 slayings in Los Angeles over nearly two decades resurfaced early last year to kill again, it was reported on Friday.
Long stretches of time between known killings and an often dormant investigation that spanned different generations of detectives left police unclear for years that a single man was behind the slayings, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The latest slaying was tied conclusively to the others by DNA analysis in May 2007, according to the newspaper.
Detectives have begun examining nearly three dozen cases that bear similarities to the serial killers' gunshot slayings, The newspaper reported. The latest killing was reported this week by the LA Weekly.
"The day those tests came in, we realized we had a serial killer on our hands who has been active for 23 years," said Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Dennis Kilcoyne, who heads a task force of seven detectives charged with solving the killings.
Kilcoyne and his team have been working to breathe life into the investigation, retracing cold leads and collaborating with state officials on an exhaustive search of prison records, according to the report.
Except for one black man, the killer has targeted young black women who he sexually abused, the paper quoted detectives as saying.
Most of the bodies were left in a corridor along Western Avenuein South Los Angeles, often in alleys, according to the newspaper.
Detectives suspect that most of the women were working as prostitutes at the time they were killed, the report said.
Source: Xinhua
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