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Florida police study DNA to find killer

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Published: Feb. 21, 2008 at 7:44 PM

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Beach patrol officials are collecting saliva samples from sex crime suspects in an effort to track down a Daytona Beach, Fla., serial killer, police said.

Investigators suspect the same man took the lives of four women execution-style in or near Daytona Beach, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported.

Daytona Police Chief Mike Chitwood asked for assistance in the investigation after his officers started taking DNA samples while performing traffic stops, WKMG reported.

Police took DNA from a 65-year-old man arrested after asking an undercover officer for oral sex, the report said.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime lab is comparing all central Florida DNA samples in search of amatch to the serial killer.

Topics: Mike Chitwood
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