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Suspected Serial Killer's DNA Missing

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The state Justice Department will investigate what happened to an alleged serial killer's missing DNA sample.

Police arrested Walter Ellis on Saturday after they obtained DNA that they say links him to a string of cold-case homicides in Milwaukee from 1986 to 2007. Police Chief Ed Flynn has suggested that if they had Ellis' DNA profile sooner they may have been able to prevent at least one death.

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