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Wednesday 13 september 2017

Prosecutor: Convicted killer may be tied to more NY slayings

By FRANK ELTMAN “may be attributed to the
Associated Press handiwork of Mr. Bittrolff.”
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A He said the investigation
carpenter convicted of kill- was ongoing.
ing two prostitutes in the A spokesman for the Suf-
1990s may be responsible folk County Police Depart-
for at least one of the 10 ment said detectives do
unsolved killings of people not comment about ongo-
along a Long Island beach ing investigations.
highway, a prosecutor said Bittrolff’s attorney did not
Tuesday. immediately return a call
Suffolk County Assistant for comment on the pros-
District Attorney Robert Bi- ecutor’s statement.
ancavilla made the reve- The nude bodies of
lation after the sentencing 31-year-old Rita Tangredi
of 51-year-old John Bittrolff. and 20-year-old Colleen
The Manorville man re- McNamee were found 9
ceived consecutive 25 miles (14 kilometers) apart
years-to-life sentences for in late 1993 and early 1994.
the beating deaths of two Both women had been
prostitutes. strangled and suffered se-
A jury deliberated for sev- vere head injuries.
en days before convicting Testimony during the trial
him in May. Bittrolff denied revealed the women were
killing the women and in- drug addicts and prosti-
tends to appeal. In this July 31, 2014 photo, John Bittrolff, right, listens to his attorney William Keahon during his ar- tutes.
Police on Long Island are raignment on murder charges in Riverhead, N.Y. Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Robert “Bittrolff picked these
still investigating the un- Biancavilla said Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 that Bittrolff, convicted of killing two prostitutes in the women because they
1990s may be responsible for at least one of the 10 unsolved killings of people along a Long Island
solved killings of 10 victims beach highway. were vulnerable,” the pros-
of an apparent serial killer (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool) ecutor said. “He picked
or killers. them because he thought
The 10 bodies were found of the victims have been had been identified in any ter the sentencing that no one cared about them.
with a couple of miles of identified as prostitutes. of the deaths. remains of some victims But there were people who
one another, and several Until Tuesday, no suspects But Biancavilla said af- found along Gilgo Beach cared about these girls.” q

Investigator:

Blood from carport matches slain woman’s DNA

By ADRIAN SAINZ Adams’s trial in Savannah. Bobo’s brother testified photos of blood droplets of blood at the scene,”
Associated Press Adams has pleaded not Monday that he saw his and a patch of smeared James said.
SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — guilty to kidnapping, rap- sister and a man in the car- blood. Prosecutors say Adams, 33,
Blood collected from a car- ing and killing Holly Bobo, port before they walked The blood evidence sug- took Bobo from her home,
port at the home of a slain who was 20 when she dis- together into woods next gests a struggle may have drugged her, raped her
Tennessee nursing student appeared from her home to the family’s home. Clint taken place. and killed her.
matched the woman’s in Parsons on April 13, 2011. Bobo said he saw blood in It was tested to determine Two other men, Jason Autry
DNA, a crime scene inves- Her remains were found 3 the carport, but he did not not only if Bobo was bleed- and Adams’ brother, John
tigator said Tuesday. ½ years later in woods not know where it came from. ing, but also to pinpoint Dylan Adams, also face
Tennessee Bureau of Inves- far from her home in Deca- The blood is the first forensic whether the person who charges of kidnapping,
tigation Special Agent Law- tur County, about 100 miles evidence related to Holly kidnapped her also was rape and murder in the
rence James testified on (161 kilometers) southwest Bobo presented at Adams’ bleeding. case. Their trials have not
the second day of Zachary of Nashville. trial. Jurors were shown “There was a good amount been set.q