DNA from 1996 murder matched to California assault suspect

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in a string of sexual assaults in Central California has been named a suspect in the rape and killing of a college student 23 years ago.
Authorities in Fresno said Friday that they linked Nick Duane Stane to the slaying of Debbie Dorian after making a DNA match based on genetic genealogy.
The news came as Stane pleaded not guilty in Tulare County court to a series of attacks on young women in Visalia from 1999 to 2002. He was ordered held without bail.