Advancements in ballistics analysis and cutting-edge DNA testing, combined with investigative genetic genealogy, were key to the breakthroughs, leading investigators across the country in their search for the serial killer and rapist.
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Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
Jennifer Carvalho is similarly fighting to prevent rapist Thomas Martinez Carvalho, who is now 54, from being released at his parole suitability hearing next year, according to reporting from KCRA.
Police said the robbers stole Illinois license plates from similar cars and swapped them out.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
Wearing hooded sweatshirts and full-face masks, the robbers ordered employees to one part of the room at gunpoint before two of them smashed the glass display cases with sledgehammers, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
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Nick Sullivan
March 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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