Episode
Forty Years Later: How DNA Closed Jefferson Parish’s Airline Park Rape Spree
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- COLD CASES SOLVED
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- Sep 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 134
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Summary
In 1986, a masked intruder terrorized East Jefferson homes and vanished. Nearly four decades later, a Georgia inmate already serving life was linked by DNA and a palm print to six aggravated rape counts. A Jefferson Parish jury needed only 45 minutes to convict him — a cold-case win built on evidence someone chose to save.