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One person's DNA has been linked to seven homicide victims over a 21-year period.

Created by fox6now on May 1, 2009

Last updated: 03/05/10 at 06:48 PM

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• DNA Links to Seven Victims
  May 19, 2009

  Milwaukee police say they have linked a seventh case to a serial killer working over more than two decades.

• MPD & DA Create Joint Task Force
  May 18, 2009

  One person's DNA has been linked to seven homicide victims over a 21-year period, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Monday, May 18, 2009. The two announced a task force formed among the Milwaukee Police Department's Cold Case Squad, Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, FBI and the state Division of Criminal Investigation.

• DNA on two victims connected
  2007

  DNA on 2 victims connected (Stokes, 2007; Mims, 1997)

• Quithreaun C. Stokes
  Apr 27, 2007

  Found in boarded up house near 7th and Burleigh.

• DNA on two victims resubmitted
  2003

  DNA on 2 victims resubmitted & linked

• STR technology developed
  2000

• MPD submits DNA but there is no link
  1998

  In the late 1990s, MPD submits DNA but there is no link. DNA testing has since improved; Task Force is created; Disbanded after leads exhausted over 10-year period.

• Joyce Mims
  Jun 20, 1997

  Found in vacant house near 5th and Chambers.

• Jessica Payne
  Aug 30, 1995

  Found behind a vacant house near 7th and Chambers. Police do not believe the suspect killed Jessica Payne. They do believe he had sex with her before she died.

• Sheila Farrior
  Jun 27, 1995

  Found in vacant house near 14th and Chambers.

• Florence McCormick
  Apr 24, 1995

  Found near 6th and Locust.

• Tanya L. Miller
  Oct 11, 1986

  Found between house and garage near 28th and Brown.

• Deborah L. Harris
  Oct 10, 1986

  Deborah Harris is pulled from the Menomonee River near Emmber Lane bridge