After 30 years, police in San Francisco have identified Ricky Dawson as the suspect in the 1992 murder of Nancy Hernandez. Dawson is currently awaiting trial in Colorado for another murder and his DNA matched evidence from the Hernandez case. Police say Hernandez's body was found in a utility corridor in Chinatown and she had been brutally assaulted.
More than 30 years after a woman was murdered in an alley in San Francisco's Chinatown , police said they have located the suspect as he awaits trial for another murder in Colorado.Police announced Wednesday that an arrest warrant was issued for Ricky Dawson in the May 2, 1992 cold case murder of 45-year-old Nancy Hernandez. 'No matter how old a case is, this is proof that we will never rest until a case is solved,' Police Chief Bill Scott said in a statement.
The department's crime lab entered DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System and found the profiles had matched Dawson's.Police said Dawson has been linked to at least three other sexual assault homicides in other parts of the country, including Denver, Seattle and Panama Beach, Florida.Dawson is currently awaiting trial in Denver for the murder of 35-year-old Terri Turachak. According to Denver prosecutors, Turachak was beaten and strangled in her apartment on Oct. 5, 1996.
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