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About Roy Charles Waller
- Roy Charles Waller (born January 8, 1960) is an American man who was arrested in September 2018 as a suspect in a series of more than ten rapes and kidnappings committed between 1991–2006 in six Northern California counties (the Norcal Rapist).
- DNA evidence from crime scenes were matched on GEDmatch to a relative of Waller, and he was identified through genetic genealogy.Police constructed a family tree and, using the known elements of the rapist, narrowed the suspects down to Waller.
- After the GEDmatch confirmation, they took about a week to identify and arrest the suspect.
- He was charged with a total of 40 counts of rape, which took place in five different counties, including Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, Yolo and Butte.
- He is being held without bail and faces life in prison if convicted.
- He has 45 counts on his charge list.
- At the time of his arrest he was living in Benicia, was married and was employed as a safety specialist at the University of California Berkeley.
- He has worked there for 26 years.The same genetic genealogy technique had been used in the identification and arrest of the suspect known as the Golden State Killer.
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