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DNA links Spokane father to 12 killings in probe
DNA and other physical evidence tie Robert Lee Yates Jr. to at least eight prostitute deaths and four other women in Spokane County. The 47-year-old, a father of five, is charged with one murder and held on 1.5 million cash bond. Investigators trace clues to a white Corvette and Yates's home as they seek weapons and microscopic fibers amid a nationwide serial killings probe.
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Spokane, Wash
Spokane
Spokane County
Mark Sterk
Robert Lee Yates Jr
Yates
Sterk
National Guard
Tacoma
Jennifer A. Joseph
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Spanaway
Corvette
Idaho
Army National Guard
Fort Lewis
Army
66Th Aviation Brigade
Rick Patterson
Fort Drum
N.Y
Fort Rucker
Ala