(TNS) — A man suspected of strangling three women to death in Ventura County in 1977 is headed to court after new DNA technology shed light on the serial slayings that had stumped detectives for decades.
Warren Luther Alexander, 73, of Diamondhead, Miss., will stand trial in the killings of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez, following a Friday ruling by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Paul Feldman.
Feldman made the decision after a three-day hearing where 13 witnesses testified, including five people who participated in the 1977 investigation, three DNA analysts and a fingerprint examiner, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Alexander remains in Ventura County Jail without bail and is due back in court on Nov. 1…