Philadelphia police say DNA evidence appears to link the strangulation deaths of two women in the city's Kensington neighborhood to the same killer.
Homicide Capt. James Clark says DNA found at both scenes earlier this month is connected.
The partially clothed body of 35-year-old Nicole Piacentini was found in the rear of an abandoned building on Nov. 13.
Ten days earlier, the half-naked body of 21-year-old nursing student Elaine Goldberg was found in a trash-strewn lot about a half-mile away.
Since the slayings, two other women have come forward to tell police they were assaulted in separate incidents in the same area.
Clark tells The Philadelphia Inquirer that investigators are still awaiting DNA results from the nonfatal attacks.
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