ARREST! 1984 RAPIST, MURDERER OF 18-YEAR-OLDS, CAUGHT AFTER 40 YEARS

In 1984, Terrance Arndt was an 18-year-old in Shasta County California. He and his girlfriend are sitting together in his vehicle when out of nowhere, a man with a gun shows up. Arndt tries to save his girlfriend and is shot in the process. The girlfriend is sexually assaulted and left for dead. She isn't dead. After the killer leaves, she bravely drives Arndt's car for help and the state highway patrol calls Shasta County Sheriff's department. Arndt is taken to an area hospital but dies from his injuries, his girlfriend, never named, survives. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case and the evidence left behind that allowed for science to catch up to the evidence collected. It took 40 years, but an arrest has been made.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.37 Introduction

01:41.48 Othram solves another cold case

02:45.31 Shasta County

05:11.66 Terrence Arndt killed, date raped

10:10.43 Small town athlete = star

14:42.98 Blood and DNA in 1984

20:08.18 Evidence that might be used later25:58.30 Tucson is a long way from Shasta County

29:56.59 Plug info into codis

35:19.30 Suspect shows up in court in a wheelchair and on oxygen

39:46.21 You can't outrun the numbers

42:09.96 Conclusion

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