Douglas Thomas was charged with killing a woman in 1993 and dumping her body on a freeway onramp in Riverside County.
Cold-case investigators used advances in DNA technology to link Douglas Thomas to the 1993 killing of Sherri Herrera, theThomas is in custody in Titus County, Texas, awaiting trial for separate slaying in that state in 1992., California, the DA’s statement said.
The murder count was filed with a special circumstance allegation that the killing occurred during the commission of a rape, prosecutors said.It wasn’t known Sunday if Thomas has an attorney.Herrera, a 30-year-old mother of four from Tulare, California, was found dead on March 30, 1993 on an eastbound onramp to Interstate 10 near Desert Center in Riverside County.Thomas traveled extensively throughout the U.S. during a 40-year career as a trucker, according to officials.
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