of investigation, our sheriff's office, investigative bureau pacifica police department, south san francisco p.d., daily city police department and reno police department and especially call out the work of our sheriff's crime laboratory. they were able to make the case using d.n.a. profiling. in this case it is a testament to the second advances made in the area of d.n.a. as well as being a testament to the cooperation between this county and with the agencies in nevada and our federal partners that process the brutal killer to justice. >> now the district attorney will talk about the prosecution of this case. >> good morning. >> the case is near and dear to me personally in the sense that when the murders were occurring i was both a resident of this county and an intern if this district attorney's office and i remember the fear prevalent throughout our county community as to what was going on. that is can i joined with the sheriff today in giving tremendous kudos to the investigative team from the going who stayed the course and those would went all the way through to the agencies who picked i