{"podcast":{"title":"COLD CASES SOLVED","slug":"cold-cases-solved-2138662","podcast_index_feed_id":2138662,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4786070/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cold-cases-solved--4786070","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a84ebc6a39770ab7152d50cac725c338.jpg","author":"Circle Of Insight Productions","episode_count":168,"summary":"A podcast dedicated to highlighting cold cases that have been solved and closed. We share these cases to highlight their resolution and bring closure to the victims and the community","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T04:18:25.488942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-cases-solved-2138662"},"episode":{"title":"A Serial Killer Across Four States: DNA Links Ricky Dawson to a 1992 San Francisco Murder","slug":"a-serial-killer-across-four-states-dna-links-ricky-dawson-to-a-1992-san-francisco-murder","published_at":"2026-07-31T19:41:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-cases-solved-2138662/a-serial-killer-across-four-states-dna-links-ricky-dawson-to-a-1992-san-francisco-murder","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-cases-solved-2138662","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-serial-killer-across-four-states-dna-links-ricky-dawson-to-a-1992-san-francisco-murder--73291753","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73291753/podcast_1785526647.mp3","summary":"After more than three decades, San Francisco prosecutors have charged Ricky Dawson in the 1992 rape and strangulation of Nancy Hernandez, a 45-year-old woman found dead in a Chinatown alley. Dawson, already serving life for a 1996 Denver murder and previously convicted in a Florida killing, has now been linked by DNA to at least four deaths spanning California, Colorado, Florida, and possibly Washington. This episode examines how cold-case DNA technology connected the crimes, the pattern investigators see across state lines, and what the charges mean for a case that sat unsolved for 34 years.","meta_description":"After more than three decades, San Francisco prosecutors have charged Ricky Dawson in the 1992 rape and strangulation of Nancy Hernandez, a 45-year-old wo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":175,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cold-cases-solved-2138662/episodes/a-serial-killer-across-four-states-dna-links-ricky-dawson-to-a-1992-san-francisco-murder/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cold-cases-solved-2138662/a-serial-killer-across-four-states-dna-links-ricky-dawson-to-a-1992-san-francisco-murder.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}