technology may help police solve some of the nearly 40-year-old gypsy hill murders. 66-year-old rodney howbauer is accuses of killing two young women in san mateo in 1976. they used his dna at two crime scenes to solve the cold cases in an exclusive jailhouse interview today with abc 7 news. he said he was surprised and confused to be named the killer. a brother of one of the victims doesn't believe him. >> he's the person who did it. i wish he would admit to it. i don't see that happening. >> police believe he killed two other gypsy hill victims but their cases are under investigation. he was serving time for an attempted murder case. he's also a person of interest in a murder case in nevada and could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. >> a federal grand jury decided the fate of two san francisco police officers charged with corruption. richard yick was cleared on all charges. but he was convicted on four counts. the officers were accused of entering and searching hotel rooms without warrants. you may remember this videotape we showed you. surveillance video shows them taking m

this man 66-year-old rodney howbauer was formally charged with the cold case murders. this is how he looked years ago, his mugshot from an unrelated crime. steve credits the advances in technology with solving the cold cases. cigarette butts left at the two crime scenes contained his dna. >> it's time to bring this man to justice for the murders that we can clearly prove at this point and bring some closure to the families as best we can. >> he was extradited from an oregon prison last night. where he had been serving time for an attempted murder conviction. his dna also reportedly appeared on a cigarette butt at a crime scene in reno where this 19-year-old was killed around the same time as the others. in a jailhouse interview with abc 7 news, i don't know anything. no knowledge about this. this finding a cigarette butt and dna from 30 years ago, doesn't make sense. i have no idea about that. howbower said he was surprised to be named the killer. he said he was guilty of committing the crime in oregon, but not the gypsy hill murders. i'm confused, i just want some ans

police say dna connects rodney howbauer to those murders. the decades old crimes became known as the gypsy hill murders. he was dna tested in an oregon prison where he was already serving time for an attempted murder. those tests linked him to the stabbing deaths of these two teenage girls in 1976. he's also suspected of killing three other young women that same year. >>> former oakland athletic ted lily is now faceing felony charges. lily allegedly filed false insurance claims last year after he damaged a recreational vehicle. prosecutors say lily damaged an rv on march 19th but purchased insurance for the vehicle march 24th then reportedly filed a claim march 28th. prosecutors filed three felony charges against lily. if convicted he could face five years in jail. >>> one east bay mayor is taking matters into his own hands to make a local park safe for kids again. starting today, boyd memorial park will be closed for 30 days. the city's mayor is calling for that closure to address health and security issues at the park. this comes after an

prosecutors say 66-year-old rodney howbauer was linked by dna testing. he was extradited from a prison in oregon last week to face charges in the rape and murders of paula baxter and veronica castillo. this was in 1976. it was on the peninsula. both girls were stabbed to death. he is also suspected of killing three other young women that same year. but officials have not been able to find enough dna evidence to link those cases. >>> new details are emerging about the incredible crash landing of a plane in the pacific ocean. the plane took off from northern california this weekend and was on its way to hawaii when it ran out of fuel. the whole thing caught on video. the pilot survives. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is live in tracy where the plane took off from. kimberly? >> reporter: janelle, that's right. the plane took off right here from tracy from the airport here and was headed to hawaii. and then something went terribly wrong, and the pilot crash landed the plane about 250 miles off the coast of maui. pilots across the country are now studying this