Warren Forest: Investigators launch cold case probe to link string of murders to 75-year-old Washington killer

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Washington investigators have relaunched an intensive cold case probe of a 75-year-old convicted killer in the suspected murder of at least five young women stretching back 50 years. The Clark County in Washington team is reexamining blood and hair collected at various scenes using more sophisticated forensics techniques than existed when the teenage women were killed. Now, authorities are looking at him in connection to five other cases Each of the cases of the missing or murdered women “share common characteristics, including similar victim profiles, the locations of the disappearances and the methods involved in the crimes,” said a statement from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Besides reexaming physical evidence collected when the victims vanished or were killed, investigatos are “also trying to track down additional witnesses or leads that were never fully developed during the decades of investigation … to see if there’s additional information out there,” investigator Fred Neiman Jr. told Portland’s KOIN-TV.