DNA links inmate to 12 killings in LA area
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A one-time pizza deliveryman now in prison for rape is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles history
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By RON WORD  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It seemed like Angel Nieves Diaz would never die.  Two executioners injected him with three chemicals that were supposed to do the job in a few minutes. But 10 minutes later, he was still alive, his eyes darting back at the 25 witnesses.
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LOS ANGELES -- In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation has found.
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Police say the Baseline Killer roamed neighborhoods in the Phoenix area for nearly a year, preying on people at random, killing nine and assaulting and robbing others.
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A jail inmate told investigators that a suspect in the killings of four people aboard a charter fishing boat admitted his role in their shooting deaths, but insisted he did not pull the trigger, according to court documents.
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DNA of man accused of murdering five prostitutes in Suffolk found on bodies of three victims, court told
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PHOENIX, Sept. 11 -- An ex-convict and construction worker was charged with 17 felony counts Monday in two sexual assaults linked to an investigation of a string of serial killings.
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Investigators hunting a serial killer   suspected of eight murders and a string of sexual assaults in   Phoenix have arrested a man for two sexual assaults linked to   the case, police said on Thursday.
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Police said Thursday they have caught the Baseline Killer, the gunman responsible for nine slayings that spread terror across the Phoenix area for nearly a year.
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An ex-con who lived on property where authorities found as many as 12 sets of human remains pleaded not guilty Thursday to killing a pharmacist and the man's girlfriend.
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Police said Sunday a DNA link between the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman and the December sexual assault of a college student leads them to believe a sole attacker was responsible for both cases.
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Members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race
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Now in its 15th year, the nonprofit has freed more than 200 wrongly convicted people using DNA evidence
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Prosecutors seeking to link a series of killings to one man presented evidence Saturday that the victims had all apparently been raped and had bruises on their hands as if they had tried to fight off their attacker.
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The DNA of a man accused of murdering five women was found on the bodies of three of the victims, a court hears.
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Two Los Angeles cold case homicide detectives used DNA test results to link an imprisoned rapist to the deaths of at least 12 women between 1987 and 1998, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton told reporters Saturday.
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CALGARY (CP) - More than 12 years after a serial rapist terrorized a quiet southwest Calgary neighbourhood, police say advances in DNA technology have led to the arrest of a 61-year-old man who was a suspect all along.