"For years, the gruesome deaths of two women Latrelle Lindsay in Union City and Winifred Douglas in Vallejo remained unsolved. They were killed 16 years apart and nearly 50 miles away from each other, but the deaths had at least one thing in common: the killer's DNA, investigators say. It took decades for detectives to piece together their case. When a break finally came in 2022, it led investigators to a quaint,"
"Their suspect was none other than the church's deacon James Ray Gary, who was then serving as the head of the Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church, which he helped his father build in the late 1960s. Police sat Gary down in 2022 and let him know his DNA was found at two murder scenes, court records show. Now Gary is 79, sitting inside Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, awaiting a murder trial."
Two unsolved murders of Latrelle Lindsay in Union City and Winifred Douglas in Vallejo, committed 16 years apart and nearly 50 miles apart, were linked by the same DNA. Detectives pursued the cases for decades, but genetic genealogy did not identify a suspect. A 2022 breakthrough, prompted by a tip from a woman living on the streets of Fairfield, led investigators to Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church and its deacon, James Ray Gary. Police told Gary his DNA matched both crime scenes. Gary, now 79, is held at Santa Rita Jail awaiting a murder trial.
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