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Suspected serial killer, 73, charged in 1977 cold case murders of 3 SoCal sex workers — and there ‘may be additional victims’
A “suspected serial killer” from Mississippi was charged in connection to the cold-case 1977 strangulations of three women in Southern California — and authorities believe there may be additional victims, prosecutors announced on Thursday. Warren Luther Alexander, 73, was charged with three counts of murder in Ventura County after he was extradited from North Carolina on Tuesday, where he is also awaiting prosecution for a separate 1992 cold case murder committed in Surry County. His three victims in California — Kimberly Carol Fritz, 18; Velvet Ann Sanchez, 31; and Ann Rodriguez, 21 — were all sex workers who were killed by “ligature...
Man charged in 1977 strangulations of three Southern California women after DNA investigation
A 73-year-old man has been charged in the strangulation deaths of three Southern California women in 1977 after cold case detectives obtained a DNA match, authorities said Thursday, adding they believe there could be more victims. Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead, Mississippi, made his first court appearance Thursday but arraignment on three counts of first-degree murder was postponed to Aug. 21, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said. He remained jailed without bail.Alexander's case was assigned to the county public defender's office. A telephone message was left at the office seeking comment on the case. Alexander was extradited to...
Jury Convicts Oxnard Gang Member Of Murder
Updated--A Ventura County jury has found 24-year-old Michael Ortega of Oxnard guilty of murder in the December 2022 shotgun slaying of 20-year John Paul Carrillo of Oxnard. They also found true that it was gang-related. The authorities say that Ortega is a gang member. Carrillo's family says Carrillo was not.
Man arrested for 1992 Surry County killing charged in 3 California homicides
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man who was charged in the cold case killing of a woman whose corpse was found in Surry County has been charged with three identical homicides on the other side of the country. KTLA reported on Wednesday that Warren Luther Alexander, of Diamondback, Mississippi, was charged with the 1977 […]
Suspected serial killer charged in 1977 cold case murders of 3 women in Ventura County
A suspected serial killer accused of strangling three women to death in 1977 in Ventura County has been arrested, authorities announced Thursday.Warren Luther Alexander, 73, of Mississippi, was charged with three counts of murder in connection with the killings.He was in custody in North Carolina where he's facing a separate murder charge and was extradited to California. He's currently being held in the Ventura County Jail without bail.According to the district attorney's office, the county's cold case unit started re-examining the murders of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez last year.On May 29, 1977, Fritz was...
Three women were found strangled in California. Four decades later police arrest suspected serial killer
Back in 1977, three women were strangled and their bodies found dumped in California. For over four decades, no arrests were made and the case went cold.Now, police believe they have solved the mystery – and say that it was the work of a suspected serial killer already charged with murder across the country in North Carolina. Warren Luther Alexander was charged on Wednesday with the murders of three murders of Kimberly Carol Fritz, 18, Velvet Ann Sanchez, 31, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez, 21, which all took place in Ventura County, California, in 1977.The three women were all strangled within...
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