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District Attorney Vern Pierson said DNA technology linked Joseph Holt to the murders of Brynn Ellen Rainey, 27, and 16-year-old Carol Anne Andersen.
Holt had no criminal history and lived in South Lake Tahoe until he died from a heart attack in 2014.
"Do we know these are the only crimes he committed? Based on the circumstances and what we've seen, it's very doubtful," Pierson said.
Rainey was a keno runner at a casino when she went missing. A month after the 27-year-old’s disappearance, her body was found in a shallow grave near Stateline Stables in South Lake Tahoe in August of 1977.
Andersen was about to start her junior year at George Whittell High School in Zephyr Cove. Investigators said the 16-year-old snuck out of her home to go to a party in South Lake Tahoe when she disappeared. Her battered body was found on the side of a road in July 1979.
Pierson said both women were sexually assaulted, and there is no indication Holt knew the victims.
Investigators found suspect DNA on both victims and were able to verify the same person committed the crimes years apart. But the sample never linked to any suspects in the DNA database.
Holt had no criminal history and lived in South Lake Tahoe until he died from a heart attack in 2014.
"Do we know these are the only crimes he committed? Based on the circumstances and what we've seen, it's very doubtful," Pierson said.
Rainey was a keno runner at a casino when she went missing. A month after the 27-year-old’s disappearance, her body was found in a shallow grave near Stateline Stables in South Lake Tahoe in August of 1977.
Andersen was about to start her junior year at George Whittell High School in Zephyr Cove. Investigators said the 16-year-old snuck out of her home to go to a party in South Lake Tahoe when she disappeared. Her battered body was found on the side of a road in July 1979.
Pierson said both women were sexually assaulted, and there is no indication Holt knew the victims.
Investigators found suspect DNA on both victims and were able to verify the same person committed the crimes years apart. But the sample never linked to any suspects in the DNA database.