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Thursday, January 20,2000
THE BATTALION
DNA links ’96 teacher murder Outbre
and two ’99 sexual assaults
“/Vow we /?ave a total of
four offenses that can be
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Forensic evidence and an un
usual scar have provided a connection between the 1996 deaths
of two teachers and two sexual assaults in the Arlington area
last year.
Sgt. James Hawthorne,
spokesperson for Arlington police,
said yesterday that DNA evidence
confirms that the same person is re
sponsible for the crimes against the
four single women, all of whom
lived alone. Police have not identi
fied the suspect, however.
Investigators said last year the
1996 murders of Christine Vu and
Wendie Prescott were linked with
the February sexual assault of a stu
dent at the University ofTexas - Ar
lington. The student escaped her at
tacker by biting him in the groin.
The second sexual assault was
revealed yesterday.
linked forensically to the
suspect We are still no
closer to making any type
of arrests, we haven't
identified any suspect"
Police from Arlington and Grand Prairie, who have
worked together on the case since October, said they wres
iled with releasing additional information. But the) decided
to do so in hopes of generating
new leads and finding possible
suspects.
“This is a very sensitive de
scription, but it is also a specific
description,” said Grand Prairie
police Sgt. Alan Patton. “He is un
circumcised. he does base a no
ticeable knot on his genitalia.
“We are hoping that there is
someone out there who avogni/cs
that description and can pro' ide us
with information to help us contin
ue our search for this murderer.”
Vu, 25, a teacher at Morton F'l-
ementan School in Arlington, was
found dead Sept. 17, 1996, at the
Peartav Apartments. She was lixind
— Sgt. James Hawthorne
Arlington police spokesperson
A woman who was sexually assaulted in her Grand Prairie
apartment in October told investigators that there was a no
ticeable scar on the genitalia of the suspect.
“Now we have a total of four offenses that have been linked
forensically to this suspect," Hawthorne said. “We are still no
closer tp making any type of arrests, we haven’t identified am
suspect.”
naked and face down in her partially filled bathtub, having been
bound, strangled and beaten.
Three months later at the same apartment complex.
Prescott, a 23-year-old teacher’s aide at I rma Na>h Hc-
mentary School in Mansfield, was found slam in a similar
way. She was discovered in her partially filled bathtub on
Christmas Dav.
Police confirm 3 boys killed in crash
FORT WORTH (AP) — Several of a
fatal wreck’s victims identified by police
as members of a nomadic Irish clan were
under the age of 15 when their truck be
came airborne, flipped and slammed into
another vehicle.
Police have confirmed the ages of
three of five young cousins killed Jan. 2
when the truck — driven by a 14-year-
old — careened out of control. Some had
carried identification indicating they
were 20 years old.
The accident, which happened at mid
day on Interstate 30, puzzles police who
say they still haven’t talked with parents
of the boys, part of a clan of nomads
known as Greenhorn Irish Travelers.
“They’ve insulated themselves well,”
Sgt. Anne Cummings of the Fort Worth
Police Department’s traffic division said
Tuesday.
However, Cummings said at least
nine vehicles carry ing people who said
they were family members showed up at
the wreck site before authorities had even
identified the victims.
“I’ve been on the scene of over 150
to 200 fatal accidents... the probability
of hav ing one family member drive up
on (the scene of an accident) is maybe
one out of 10,” said Cummings. “But
they were pulling up in droves. It just
blew my mind.”
Authorities began questioning the
ages of the victims after a funeral pro
gram indicated the boys were 12 to 14
years old.
Police confirmed Friday that the dri
ver, F.dward Jennings, was 14 years old.
I le carried a Texas driver’s license issued
on Dec. 20.
It listed the correct day and month of
his birth, but had a year that made him
appear to be 18.
Authorities also obtained birth cer
tificates confirming the ages of cousins
John McfXwald. 13; and James McDon
ald. 13. Police are still seeking informa
tion on I larry Gorman, bdiev ed to be 13,
and Martin McDonald, who is believed
to be 12.
All of the boys were killed instantly
in the accident. It took authorities hours
to determine how many victims were in
the truck, said . Cummings.
Ruben Molinar of Plano, the other
pickup’s driver, has been released from
the hospital.
Relatives initially told authorities the
boys were on their way to do some work
for an uncle. The victims’ parents have
now said they didn't know the boys were
behind the wheel.
HARLINGEN, Texas
Last year’s dengue fever
might have^cen worse thaai!
outbreak in which 63 Texan
dow n w ith the tropical disease
flic latest figures released
I ex.is Department ot Health
>6 I exans have acquired dengi
since July I. The most rccea
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pie were believed to have
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'me illness have bedufto. 'tun! lii
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