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HIS D. N. A. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY 58- YEAR- OLD ROY CHARLES WALLER TARGETED, THEN TERRORIZED, AT LEAST TEN WOMEN. >> HE WOULD BIND THEM, AND THEN REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM. >> Reporter: THE ATTACKS IN SIX NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES BEGAN IN 1991. THE VICTIMS RANGED IN AGE FROM 21 TO 39, AND WERE MOSTLY ASIAN. ONCE, HE ACTUALLY CALLED A VICTIM AND APOLOGIZED. BUT AFTER THE LAST- KNOWN ASSAULT IN 2006, THE CASE WENT COLD. >> COLD CASES OFTEN BECOME A JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE. >> Reporter: THAT CAME THROUGH A GENETIC GENEALOGY WEBSITE CALLED GEDmatch, THE SAME WEBSITE USED TO TRACK DOWN AND ARREST THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE KEY WAS D. N. A. THAT CAME FROM A 1998 VICTIM, WHO MANAGED TO STAB WALLER IN THE ARM DURING AN ASSAULT. >> THE MAN THAT TRIED TO CLEAN UP THE CRIME SCENE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD. HE COULD NOT COVER HIS SINS. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES ARRESTED WALLER NEAR HIS WORKPLACE-- THE COLLEGE CAMPUS AT U. C. BERKELEY, WHERE HE WORKED FOR 25 YEARS. >> THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE CAN STOP LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS. NO ONE ELSE HAS TO WORRY ABOUT HIM ANY MORE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS WON'T SAY IF IT WAS WALLER'S D. N. A. OR THAT OF A FAMILY MEMBER THAT BROKE OPEN THIS CASE. INVESTIGATORS DO THINK MORE VICTIMS COULD ALSO COME FORWARD. AND, JEFF, HE WILL BE IN COURT ON MONDAY. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JAMIE YUCCAS IN LOS ANGELES. THANKS VERY MUCH. COMING UP NEXT HERE ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ": FIRE TORNADOES. THEY CAN BE DEVASTATING. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A LAB WHERE THEY ARE STUDYING THIS GROWING THREAT. AND LATER, THE TRADE WAR WITH CHINA HITS WALMART SHOPPERS. >> Glor: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN TODAY APPROVED SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL $ 1 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS ON WILDFIRE PREVENTION. THIS YEAR, FIRES HAVE BURNED MORE THAN 7. 3 MILLION ACRES. THAT IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. 71 LARGE FIRES ARE BURNING TONIGHT IN 11 STATES. CARTER EVANS WENT TO A LAB WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A GROWING THREAT-- FIRE TORNADOES. >> Reporter: IT'S SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE THIS A MASSIVE FIRE TORNADO, 1, 000 FEET WIDE, WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 165 MILES PER HOUR. >> OH, MY GOD! >> Reporter: THE TOWERING FUNNEL OF FLAMES AND SMOKE DEVASTATED AN AREA JUST OUTSIDE REDDING, CALIFORNIA. MECHANICAL ENGINEER JASON FORTHOFER SPECIALIZES IN FIRE TORNADOES. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT? >> NO, I HAVE NOT. >> Reporter: SO IT'S ALREADY STARTING THE ROTATION. >> YUP. >> Reporter: AT THE FOREST SERVICE FIRE LAB IN MONTANA, FORTHOFER HELPED DESIGN SOME OF THE NEWEST EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY THE PHENOMENON. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING HERE ABOUT THEM IN THE LAB? >> WE KNOW ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS THAT CAUSE FIRE WHIRLS, BUT WE'RE NOT TOO CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO PREDICT ACTUALLY WHEN AND WHERE THEY WILL OCCUR OUT ON THE GROUND. >> Reporter: FIRE TORNADOES CAN FORM WHEN SWIRLING WINDS, OFTEN BEHIND A MOUNTAIN, ARE HEATED BY A WILDFIRE AND START TO RISE, FORMING A TIGHT COLUMN OF ROTATING FLAMES AND SMOKE. FORTHOFER SAYS FIRE TORNADOES, LIKE THIS RECENT ONE IN CANADA THAT SUCKED A HOSE UP INTO ITS VORTEX, ARE A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE. THEY'RE JUST NOT OFTEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA. IT SEEMS LIKE THESE FIRES ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR. SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE FIRE TORNADOES? >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING MORE INTENSE FIRES, AND SO THE FIRE TORNADOES SORT OF CORRELATE WITH THAT. >> Reporter: THAT'S INCREASING THE PRESSURE TO UNDERSTAND THE PHENOMENON, NOW THAT FIRE SEASON IN THE WEST IS ALMOST YEAR- ROUND. CARTER EVANS, CBS NEWS, MISSOULA, MONTANA. >> Glor: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> Glor: LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE WOMAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED THREE PEOPLE AT A RITE- AID DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN ABERDEEN, MARYLAND HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. 26- YEAR- OLD SNOCHIA MOSELEY HAD WORKED THERE FOR LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. SHE KILLED ONE MAN, SUNDAY AGUDA, AND TWO WOMEN, BRINDRA GIRI AND HAYLEEN REYES. THREE OTHERS WERE HURT. MOSELEY THEN SHOT HERSELF, AND LATER DIED. WALMART IS WARNING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT THE LATEST ROUND OF TARIFFS ON CHINESE IMPORTS WILL FORCE PRICE HIKES ON A WIDE RANGE OF ITEMS. THE WORLD'S LARGEST RETAILER SAYS CUSTOMERS WILL FACE COST INCREASES ON CAR SEATS, CRIBS, BACKPACKS, HATS, PET PRODUCTS, AND BICYCLES. WALMART WARNS PRICES COULD ALSO GO UP ON LUGGAGE, GAS GRILLS, PATIO FURNITURE, AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. NEW TARIFFS ON $ 200 BILLION IN CHINESE IMPORTS GO INTO EFFECT ON MONDAY. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF PRINCE COMES A NEW ALBUM FROM HIS VAULT. �� PURPLE RAIN �� THE ALBUM IS TITLED " PIANO AND A MICROPHONE 1983 ," AND INCLUDES AN EARLY VERSION OF THE HIT " PURPLE RAIN ," RECORDED AT HIS HOME STUDIO IN MINNESOTA. THE RECORDINGS WERE FOUND ON A CASSETTE TAPE IN THE SINGER'S ARCHIVES. STEVE HARTMAN IS NEXT, WITH THE ANSWER TO A PRAYER THAT WENT TO THE HEAVENS AND BACK. >> Glor: WE END THE WEEK HERE WITH A PRAYER, AND HOW IT WAS ANSWERED. HERE'S STEVE HARTMAN, " ON THE ROAD ." >> AND THAT PURPOSE SHOULD BE TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD. >> AMEN. >> Reporter: ALTHOUGH NO ONE KNEW IT AT THE TIME, MINISTER JEROME JONES OF THE SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH IN MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, RECENTLY WENT THROUGH A CRISIS OF FAITH. >> I WAS GETTING READY TO STOP COMING TO CHURCH SO MUCH AS I DID. >> Reporter: THE MINISTER? >> YEAH. I DIDN'T SEE GOD DOING ANYTHING FOR ME. >> Reporter: SO GIVEN ALL THAT, THIS THING COMES AND BASICALLY LANDS IN YOUR LAP. >> LO AND BEHOLD, HERE GOD SHOWS UP. >> Reporter: JEROME SAYS LAST MONTH, HE WAS AT HIS DAY JOB WITH THE POWER COMPANY, WHEN A NOTE CAME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS. IT WAS ATTACHED TO THREE BALLOONS, AND IT READ, " GOD, HELP ME GO TO COLLEGE. PLEASE HELP ME GET EVERYTHING I NEED TO LEAVE WEDNESDAY. SIGNED, MYKEHIA CURRY ." MYKEHIA WAS ABOUT TO START HER FRESHMAN YEAR AT ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY IN ALBANY, GEORGIA. NO ONE IN HER FAMILY HAD EVER GONE TO COLLEGE, WHICH IS WHY SHE SENT UP THAT PRAYER, SCARED AND WORRIED. >> SCARED, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING AWAY FROM HOME, AND WORRIED, LIKE AS IN FINANCIALLY. >> Reporter: YOUR FAMILY HAS NO MONEY? >> NOT REALLY, NO. SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO COME TO COLLEGE, SO MY LITTLE BROTHER WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING I DID. >> Reporter: MYKEHIA HOPES TO BECOME A NURSE, TO PROVIDE BOTH AN EXAMPLE AND A BETTER LIFE FOR HER BROTHER, MALIK. SHE GOT A STUDENT LOAN, BUT DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR OTHER NECESSITIES, LIKE A FRIDGE FOR HER ROOM, OR EVEN A COMFORTER FOR HER BED. SHE NEEDED HELP. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WIND BLEW HER BALLOONS TO JUST ABOUT THE POOREST PREACHER IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. I DRAINED IT, FROM THE TAXES ON MY MOM'S HOUSE. I SAID, " NOW, YOU SEE THIS, RIGHT ?" >> Reporter: DID YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD? >> I SAID IT OUT LOUD. THIS IS THE WAY I TALK TO GOD. WE'VE GOT A WAY WITH EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: YOU MAY HAVE A WAY WITH EACH OTHER, BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR FINANCES. >> NO, HE SURE DOESN'T. BUT, EVIDENTLY, HE DID. >> Reporter: WHEN HE FOUND THAT BALLOON MESSAGE, JEROME SAYS HE HAD A TOTAL OF $ 125 TO HIS NAME. HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND ON HER? >> I SPENT ALL OF IT ON HER. >> Reporter: HE DELIVERED A COMFORTER AND A MINI FRIDGE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A TON OF MUCH- NEEDED INSPIRATION. >> IT ENCOURAGES ME TO KEEP GOING, KNOWING THAT PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED. >> Reporter: LIKEWISE, JEROME ALSO HAS RENEWED FAITH, A GOOD REMINDER THAT SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED IS TO ANSWER SOMEONE ELSE'S. STEVE HARTMAN, " ON THE ROAD" IN MONTICELLO, GEORGIA. >> Glor: THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" FOR THIS WEEK. I'M JEFF GLOR IN NEW YORK. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON MONDAY. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. GOOD NIGHT.
