Sophia Bollag, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

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Calif. police arrest suspect in series of slayings, rapes from 1970s, ’80s

by Sophia Bollag Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressApril 25, 2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A DNA match led to the arrest of a 72-year-old former police officer in one of the most baffling and sadistic crime sprees of the 1970s and ’80s — a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes in California by an attacker dubbed…

Law enforcement drawings of a suspected serial killer believed to have committed at least 12 murders across California in the 1970s and 1980s are displayed at a news conference June 15, 2016, about the investigation, in Sacramento, Calif. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office plans to make a “major announcement” Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in the case of the elusive serial killer.

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Former police officer named as California serial killer

by Sophia Bollag Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressApril 25, 2018

This March 18, 2018, photo, courtesy of the family, shows Stephon Clark at 5:20 p.m. in the afternoon before he died in a hail of police gunfire in the backyard of his grandmother Sequita Thompson's home in Sacramento, Calif. On Monday, March 26, Thompson called for changes in the way police confront suspects, such as sending in a police dog, using a Taser, or aiming for an arm or leg when shots are fired.

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Bright light on family of Sacramento police shooting victim

by Sophia Bollag Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 28, 2018