Brianna Denison murdered by serial rapist
Brianna Denison murdered by serial rapist, A 19-year-old college student missing since she was abducted nearly a month ago was strangled by a serial rapist who has attacked at least two other women and may strike again, Reno police said today. An autopsy confirmed that a dead woman found Friday in a brush-covered field by a business park on the city’s south side was Brianna Denison and that she died of strangulation, Reno Deputy Police Chief Jim Johns said. Her body had been in the field for more than a week about 8 miles from the house where she last was seen early Jan. 20 at the edge of the University of Nevada, Reno, he said. “I would say this is a serial rapist,” Johns said at a news conference. “We have two, probably three (cases) linked through DNA.” “The totality of the information in this case leads us to believe it is a sexually motivated crime,” he said. “I’m worried this guy is still out there, and I’m worried somebody else is going to get hurt.” Campus officers will d...