in 1977, the body of 18-year- old ro -- roxene roggasch was found in concord. a year later, carmen colon her body was found and then pamela parsons' body, tracy tafoya. naso used to live in rochester, new york, and that's where three of the victims had -- had the same victims. police found out one victim did not match naso. police have found no proof linking to the killings according to one individual -- >> we're thinking maybe this was a copycat off the rochester murders because he would have herd about that through his connections. >> reporter: police are not willing to relinquish him as a suspect. he's eligible for the death penalty. naso is set for his arraignment here at 1:30 and mike mibach will have much more on this story coming up for you on the news at 5:00. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on the cold-case murders. >>> in other case involving a possible serial killer, divers searched the long island waters looking for human remains. this comes after monday after a skull and bones were found

take vo ---la policia aun no informa como vincula al sospechoso con la muerte de roxene roggasch en 1977 ni la de carmen colon en 1978... ---el sujeto tambien es relacionado con la muerte de pamela parson en 1993 y "tracy tofoya" en 1994.... ---si naso es encontrado culpable, podria enfrentar la pena de muerte. take vo ---en tanto, la policia de concord ya identifico a una pareja encontrada muerta anoche en su propia casa. ---- y esta tratando el caso como un posible homicidio-suicidio... --la policia encontro en la vivienda, los cadaveres de "frederik meurer" y su novia "miranda petroli" ambos de 32 aÑos... ---tambien, el domingo pasado, una persona fue acuchillada y muerta en un centro comercial de concord ... convirtiendos e en el primer homicidio del aÑo de esa ciudad. cu --y un hombre de 78 años est siendo buscado intensamente por la polica de carreteras, el c-h-p . take vo --se trata de un residente de south san francisco que atropell y mat a un peatn que cruzaba la autopista 280, el domingo. --tras el accidente, el conductor del toyota corolla gris 2009 se fug a pie. --la persona

read the charges against him four counts of murdering women dating back to the 1977 killing of roxene roggasch in marin county at 18. her body was found on sir francis drake boulevard west of fairfax. in 1978, 22-year-old carmen colon was dumped by a road in contra costa county. 38-year-old pamela parsons was found dead in 1993 and tracy tofoya was killed in 1994. >> our sheriff's office came to us with a case and we'll look at it as we would any other. we determined that it was appropriate if they collected the sufficient evidence to go forward and we think it's appropriate for us to do so. >> reporter: naso did not enter a plea. peculiarities about the four murders suggest tie-ins to other killings like the so- called double initial murders in upstate new york. like the murdered women in california, the new york victims' first an last names started with the same initial. one victim in new york had the very same name as a california victim. carmen colon. >> there are a number of agencies that were mentioned at the press conference the other day that have worked on this case and continue do so

him to two killings in yuba county in the '90s, the killing of carmen colon and the killing of roxene roggasch whose body was found in fairfax in 1977. cases that until now had gone cold. >> an examination of the items seized along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa county's criminalistics laboratory led marin investigators to connect naso with the death of roggasch. the allegation of that special circumstance makes naso eligible for the death penalty under california law. >> reporter: naso will be arraigned in court tomorrow afternoon, charged with four counts of murder. i did have a chance to talk to a retired marin county sheriff's deputy a short time ago on the phone. he said he is thrilled to learn of the arrest, calling it fantastic. reporting live in marin county, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> students at a san francisco high school are coping with the death of a popular classmate. today counselors were on campus to help. 16-year-old andrew zeng's body was found soaked in gasoline on the first floor of this duplex in the bay view. he didn't live a

. >> marin county detectives believe naso is responsible for the 1977 murder of roxene roggasch. >> reporter: roggasch was just 18 at the time. they also tie naso to the killings of 22-year-old carmen colon and. officials from six agencies were present at if news conference, but would not answer questions. they would not reveal how they arrested him. only that a official found gun, am in addition and other items that connected naso to the killings of the women. >> work from the waso sheriff's office uncovered and first revealed the links of the chain in evidents that eventually unlocked the gates. >> reporter: they will charge naso with four counts of murder which will make him eligible for the death penalty. he is expected to come before the court here tomorrow. >>> and we continue our coverage of the cold case killings on our website. just log on to ktvu.com. you can watch that news conference that police held earlier today. >>> a san francisco teenager dead. allegedly at the hands of several other teams. ktvu's david stevenson has new information tonight about the victim and the charges h

naso killed two uba county women in the 1990s, carmen colon, whose body was found in 1988, and roxene roggasch, who was found in a dumpster in 1977. >> he was arrested in reno, nevada, april 10, 2010. >> police officers arrested naso on a probation violation. but when they investigated his home, they found a whole lot more. >> during that arrest, investigators found items by mr. naso that implicated him in multiple murders of young women. >> reporter: that evidence included photographs and writings by naso that investigators say connected him to the women. it took them a year to piece it all together, but they're finally ready to throw the book at him. >> the allegation of that special circumstance makes naso eligible for the death penalty under california law. >> reporter: now, we notice that each of naso's alleged victims ha has the same first and last initials in their names, an eerie similarity to a series of killings in upstate new york in the 1970s. associated press, however, is quoting a new york police officer saying they have found no evidence linking naso to those alphabet murders, a