Robert would become a serial killer, eventually convicted of murdering a prostitute and his girlfriend among others. The murders of the Spahalski brothers is the subject of the 2010 book. SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former police officer suspected of being one of California's most elusive serial killers will face a trial in Sacramento County on more than two dozen charges, including.

Killer Twins Jane Flasch (Attica/Rochester, NY) 12/15/05 - Two men who are identical twins also share lives of crime. One is in Attica Prison charged with murder, and police say the other is a possible serial killer, responsible for as many as four homicides in the Rochester area. Karier refrizherator instrukciya.

Police have been watching Robert Spahalski for years, but were unable to connect him to the homicides. Robert's brother Stephen Spahalski's crimes of murder and kidnapping had consequences. Since age 17 he has lived in Attica among the state's hardest criminals. As a teenager, Robert Spahalski served time for various robberies, but police now say his worst crimes remained a secret, even to his twin.

From prison, Stephen said, 'I never knew he killed someone. He never told me, he never mentioned it to me.' In the days before DNA investigations, the criminal twins created confusion for police and witnesses alike.

For example, in 1978, while incarcerated in the same place at the same time, one brother tried unsuccessfully to escape. The other brother agreed to cover for him. Standing side by side, police could not tell the guilty one and the brothers weren't talking. Even though police had Robert Spahalski on their radar screen since the unsolved murder of Charles Grande in 1991, they could never arrest him for that, or half a dozen other crimes. In November, Stephen Spahalski received a letter from his brother Robert, who, one day later, was in custody.

Stephen said, 'In the letters he sounded normal.so when I heard that he was seeing demons.in the letters he didn't appear like that.' Police say Robert Spahalski told them he killed his friend Vivian Irizarry because he was high on crack and he thought she was a demon. They say he also confessed to two other unsolved homicides. One Contrast Between The Two Stephen said, 'Why would he turn himself in?

I don't have that kind of brain! I would never turn myself in.' Stephen was released for a short time but returned to Attica on a parole violation. With good behavior, he could go free next year. We could know before Christmas whether a grand jury will indict Robert Spahalski for two homicides.

Prosecutors won't say whether the grand jury is considering the two un-named homicides at this time. Apparently, the brothers have not been in contact since the arrest; Stephen said he gets all his current information from news accounts. In the days before DNA investigations, the criminal twins created confusion for police and witnesses alike. Uh, if they are identical twins they have identical DNA. So I don't see why that would make a difference. And they don't have identical fingerprints, so police had a method for telling them apart if the perp left fingerprints behind.

Poor journalism. This reminds me of a child molester case I read about a couple of years ago, I think it was in Chicago. Both twins were pedos IIRC, and identical, so witness identification was pretty much a wash. Don't recall how it came out. Fascinating story, good find.