A former LAPD detective has been rearrested in connection with a cold case. The individual, Michael Douglas Brambles, is a convicted rapist who was previously paroled. The rearrest occurred in Santa Barbara County and is linked to a crime that took place in 1994.
Cold-case DNA evidence was used to connect Brambles to the crime. Further details about the case and the rearrest are available from the source, FOX 11 Los Angeles.
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