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DNA links possible serial killer to 1978 rape and murder of a University of Cincinnati student, prosecutor says
"There is no doubt in my mind that Ralph Howell was a serial killer," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said.
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DNA technology has been used to link the rape and murder of a University of Cincinnati student more than four decades ago to a now-deceased man who authorities suspect may also have been responsible for three other murders in Ohio, prosecutors said.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced a posthumous indictment of Ralph Howell, who died in a 1985 auto accident, on aggravated murder and rape charges in the murder of 19-year-old Cheryl Thompson.
"I have prosecuted multiple serial killers in my time as prosecutor," Deters said in a statement. "My office firmly believes he is another."