A former LAPD detective has been rearrested in connection with a cold case. The individual, a convicted rapist, was previously paroled. Cold-case DNA evidence has linked this person to a crime that occurred in 1994. The suspect's name is Michael Douglas Brambles. Further details about the case and the rearrest are available from FOX 11 Los Angeles.
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