A 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested after being identified as the suspect in two separate decades-old, cold case homicides in the East Bay.
FAIRFIELD -- A 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested after being identified as the suspect in two cold case homicides in the East Bay dating back several decades.
In March 1996, Caltrans workers found a body in the bushes along Interstate Highway 780 near Laurel Street in Vallejo. The victim was later identified as 46-year-old Winifred Douglas from the Oakland/Berkeley area. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxia and blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Police did not identify any suspects.
Earlier this month, both the Union City Police Department and the Solano County Sheriff's Office were notified that the DNA profile identified in their two cases matched that of a sex crime being investigated in the North Bay from 2021. Detectives had named Gary as the suspect in the sex crime investigation. Authorities did not provide any additional information regarding that case.
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