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More sex assault victims sought after Wash. cop's murder arrest

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane police said Wednesday they are looking for possible additional sexual assault victims of a former Pasco police officer who has been arrested in the slaying of a woman in 1986.

Richard Aguirre, 51, was arrested Tuesday in the Tri-Cities and taken to the Spokane County Jail, where he is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of Ruby Doss, a prostitute. He joined the Pasco police force in 1988 and resigned in April after being accused of a sexual assault last year.

Officials say it was DNA collected from Aguirre in that case that matched DNA found on Doss' body and led to his arrest for murder.

Aguirre has pleaded innocent in the murder case. His lawyer has said his client may have known Doss, but was not involved in her death.

At a news conference Wednesday, Spokane Police Captain Eric Olsen said investigators have seized many of Aguirre's electronic devices and that information on those devices leads detectives to believe he has additional sexual assault victims, KHQ-TV reported.

Olsen said his department has served five search warrants in the Pasco area in the past month.

It was in a search of Aguirre's home that investigators say they found a large number of recordings of sex acts that they said could lead to future sex crime and voyeurism charges.

Olsen said police have identified some potential victims and are trying to determine if the acts were consensual or recorded without the knowledge of the other individuals.

He urged any victims to come forward.

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