Police link murders to series of rapes in Brockton
The brutal attacks began in October 2013.
A man picked up three prostitutes on separate occasions in downtown Brockton, drove to a remote spot, and raped and beat them, authorities said. He left the women along area roadways, where passersby found them and called for help.
His DNA evidence linked him to the three rapes and then to another horrible crime: the homicide of 20-year-old Ashley Mylett , whose body was found on top of the remains of a second woman, Linda Schufeldt, 51 , in December 2014, the Plymouth district attorney’s office said.
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