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Serial killer search led to wrong man in 2017

By ​Jonathan J. Cooper, Gillian Flaccus and Michael Balsamo

Reporters Jonathan J. Cooper, Sacramento; Gillian Flaccus, Portland; and Michael Balsamo, Los Angeles, for obtaining court documents showing an Oregon man was considered a potential suspect in the unsolved murders and rapes committed by the elusive Golden State Killer from 1976-86. https://bit.ly/2jnz6Ch

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By The Associated Press

MAY 4, 2018

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