The DNA was linked to Goudeau last year, according to a statement this morning by Sergeant Jonathan Howard, Phoenix police spokesman.
Goudeau rates among the most fearsome serial killers in Arizona history. Investigators proved he killed eight women and a man, and sexually assaulted 15 women and girls in a vicious crime spree in 2005 and 2006.
Mark Goudeau
Mark Goudeau
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Following a jury trial, he was sentenced in 2007 to 438 years in prison on the rape charges. Another jury panel sentenced him to death in 2011 for the murders.
Police labeled Goudeau the Baseline Rapist in 2005, following a series of abductions and rapes of girls as young as 12. That changed to the Baseline Killer after he was linked to several unsolved homicides. …show more content…
The attacker forced the woman to a nearby location and raped her, police said. He fled on foot after making her drive back to the area of the abduction.
Police examined the evidence using the available technology of the era, but were never able to find the suspect.
DNA analysis was not "readily available" as a police tool until 1998, Howard said.
DNA testing proved invaluable to the investigation of the murder spree in 2005 and 2006.
As New Times reported in 2011, police found evidence of two of Goudeau's murder victims on his sneakers, despite his attempts to wash them. Goudeau's DNA was also found in some of the sexual-assault cases.
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Goudeau rates among the most fearsome serial killers in Arizona history. Investigators proved he killed eight women and a man, and sexually assaulted 15 women and girls in a vicious crime spree in 2005 and 2006.
Mark Goudeau
Mark Goudeau
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Following a jury trial, he was sentenced in 2007 to 438 years in prison on the rape charges. Another jury panel sentenced him to death in 2011 for the murders.
Police labeled Goudeau the Baseline Rapist in 2005, following a series of abductions and rapes of girls as young as 12. That changed to the Baseline Killer after he was linked to several unsolved homicides. …show more content…
The attacker forced the woman to a nearby location and raped her, police said. He fled on foot after making her drive back to the area of the abduction.
Police examined the evidence using the available technology of the era, but were never able to find the suspect.
DNA analysis was not "readily available" as a police tool until 1998, Howard said.
DNA testing proved invaluable to the investigation of the murder spree in 2005 and 2006.
As New Times reported in 2011, police found evidence of two of Goudeau's murder victims on his sneakers, despite his attempts to wash them. Goudeau's DNA was also found in some of the sexual-assault cases.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Phoenix Suns vs. Portland Trail Blazers
TICKETS
Wed., Oct. 11, 7:00pm
Arizona Coyotes vs. Detroit Red Wings
TICKETS
Thu., Oct. 12, 7:00pm
Phoenix Suns vs. Brisbane Bullets
TICKETS
Fri., Oct. 13, 7:00pm
Arizona Coyotes vs. Boston Bruins