How Phoenix cold case detectives set up an elaborate DNA sting to catch an alleged killer #shorts | Forensic Files

investigators collected the same male DNA from both the victims but more than two decades passed and the canal murders
went cold until science finally caught up with the calendar in 2014 Colleen Fitzpatrick and her team identifiers
International began crunching the data hoping to provide law enforcement with a name we entered the numbers from the
forensic profile into our software and that's where I came up with six matches to the name Miller you check your files
and what do you find I think there were a total of six Millers that were on what
I called my master list and I went down through the list got to Brian Patrick Miller eventually detective schwarzkoff
found his prime suspect on that list and discovered that the alleged Canal killer
had a second identity a man who dressed up like a comic book superhero and cruised The Valley in a decorated car
dripping with fake blood the public knew this man as the zombie hunter

Brief Summary

DNA evidence links Brian Patrick Miller to cold canal murders, revealing his alter ego as the Zombie Hunter.

Key points

The Canal Murders Revisited. After two decades, DNA technology finally sheds light on the cold case.
The Prime Suspect. Detective Schwarzkoff identifies Brian Patrick Miller as the prime suspect.

Episode highlights

The Prime SuspectDetective Schwarzkoff identifies Brian Patrick Miller as the prime suspect.“I went down through the list and got to Brian Patrick Miller.”0:36Oct 26, 2023

Episode quotes

The public knew this man as the zombie hunter.

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