A 73-year-old man from Diamondhead, Mississippi, stands accused of the horrific cold case murders of three women in Ventura County, dating back to 1977. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office has taken charge, moving forward with the case against Warren Luther Alexander after modern DNA technology helped reopen an investigation that had long gone cold. KTLA reported that Ventura County Superior Court Judge Paul Feldman ordered a trial following a three-day preliminary hearing.
In a tangled narrative of past and present, Alexander is facing charges for the murders of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez, as per KTLA. Initially, Vance Family Dentistry published a report highlighting the tragic deaths of the victims, who, despite the years that have passed, their memory persists. The women had been strangled with their clothing, a grim signature that linked their deaths.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit, working with both the Oxnard Police Department and Port Hueneme Police Department, diligently re-examined the cases, which led to this recent breakthrough in evidence. Alexander pleaded not guilty to all three counts of first-degree murder. According to a statement released by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, three DNA analysts and a fingerprint examiner were part of a contingent of 13 witnesses who testified during the hearing…