SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Police Division named a suspect in a murder that occurred in 1992, SFPD introduced Wednesday. The suspect has been linked to 4 homicides in numerous states.
The sufferer was discovered lifeless in a utility hall at Hold Ah Alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Might 2, 1992. She was recognized as 45-year-old Nancy Hernandez.
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Investigators decided that Hernandez was an unhoused girl dwelling within the alley. She was badly crushed, sexually assaulted and strangled.
The case lay dormant till 2023, when SFPD’s Chilly Case Unit reopened it. DNA profiles from the scene matched an offender named Ricky Dawson.
Dawson can also be linked to 3 different circumstances involving sexual assault and murder in Seattle, Denver and Panama Seaside, Fla. He’s at present awaiting a homicide trial in Denver.
SFPD issued an arrest warrant for Dawson in reference to Hernandez’s homicide on Jan. 2. He will likely be transported to San Francisco after his trial in Denver.
