The Brief

PHOENIX - We are learning more about the arrest of a suspected serial rapist whose alleged crimes in the Phoenix area date back more than a quarter of a century.

What we know:

Phoenix Police say DNA linked Abraham Ramirez to four kidnappings and sexual assaults in the Valley. They also say Ramirez's DNA matched a similar crime in Ventura County, California, which is ultimately how they cracked the case.

The backstory:

Ramirez, 54, is accused of sexually assaulting two 17-year-old girls, an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman in 1998, 1999 and 2013.

Before the alleged crimes happened in the Valley, Ramirez was arrested in California in 1994 for kidnapping and sexual assault. He was not convicted, however.

DNA was still collected in 1994, even though the technology w

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