The Cold Case Unit's First Breakthrough

The LAPD had received a grant of $50 million to fund DNA testing for cases deemed to have sufficient evidence. Seven and a half thousand cases in total, of which 1400 were deemed to havesufficient evidence for testing. The two types of murders deemed to have the highest chance of leaving strong DNA evidence were sexually motivated and burglary murders. A 77-year-old grandfather was arrested for the rape and murder of four women between 1972 and 1975. This is how the Cold Case Unit obtained a sample from Laudenberg that put him away for the full murders.