Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz, however, did not confirmed any arrest. Telling media including
Fox News that they simply sent an "invitation" to a "person of interest."
However, a police news conference Monday evening confirmed the arrest. Police Chief Edward Flynn and Milwaukee County district attorney John Chisholm announced that the development in the 21-year-old crime was fueled by certain DNA evidence that links the death of those seven women to one person.
According to the police, the victims were six black women aged between 19 and 41 and a white 16-year-old runaway. Their bodies were found in a small area at Milwaukee's northern part.
DNA technology suggested that the same person killed six of the women and had sex with the seventh.
