HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) — On Thursday, authorities within the East Bay recognized a suspect within the unsolved murders of two girls courting again to the Seventies.
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Sixty-year-old Nellie Hicks of Newark and 48-year-old Theresa Pica of Hayward have been attacked of their houses in 1972 and 1979, respectively.
Each died from blunt power trauma and have been sexually assaulted.
Police say the suspect, recognized by way of DNA proof, was Fred Farnham, a convicted rapist who died in 2007 at age 73.
Fred Farnham, recognized because the suspect within the murders of Nellie Hicks and Theresa Pica within the Seventies, is pictured.
Newark Police Division
Households members of each victims thanked investigators for his or her persistence.
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Dave Hicks confirmed a photograph of his mom, Nellie.
“I can’t categorical my gratitude sufficient for the police division and their dedication. All of them labored extraordinarily arduous to deliver closure to our household,” Hicks stated.
Theresa Pica’s daughters expressed their thanks in a press release, saying, “We have accepted the truth that whoever did this might by no means come to justice. Nonetheless, we thank God for you and your diligence and for by no means giving up.”
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