Police issued a warrant Monday for the man they believe is the south Louisiana serial killer.
The Multi-Agency Homicide Task Force is searching for Derrick Todd Lee , 34, of 4273 Hwy. 61, St. Francisville, La. as a suspect the murders of Gina Wilson Green, Charlotte Murray Pace, Pam Kinamore, Tineisha Dene Colomb and Carrie Lynn Yoder, said Baton Rouge Police Chief Pat Englade.
According to the warrant, police got a DNA sample from Lee on or about May 5 that matched samples recovered from Yoder’s body during an autopsy.
Police described Lee as a 6-foot-1-inch black male weighing about 210 pounds with light to medium skin. He has short hair, a muscular build and is clean shaven.
“He is considered to be armed and dangerous and authorities should be notified immediately,” Englade said during Monday’s press conference.
St. Francisville resident Jane Lee, Derreck Todd Lee’s grandmother, told the Associated Press she last saw her grandson about three weeks ago.
He is married with two children, a son who is about 12-years-old and a daughter several years younger, Jane Lee said.
Agent Mark Gant of the New Orleans FBI field office said the bureau has filed an unlawful flight to avoid prosecution to simplify the processes of bringing Lee back to Baton Rouge if he is arrested in another state.
District Attorney Doug Moreau expects the case to “move into a new phase upon an arrest.” His goal is to bring Lee to trial in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Task force spokeswoman Cpl. Mary Ann Godowa said it still is undetermined at this time whether or not Lee is the same man St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office described Friday as a suspect in an aggravated rape case.
However, Lee previously was arrested in St. Francisville in August 1999 for stalking two women and acting as a peeping Tom, according to previous news accounts. Lee was a peeping Tom suspect in September 1995 in Lake Charles, La. and in August 1997 in Zachary, La.
The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office later arrested Lee in January 2000 after a woman accused him of beating her in a bar, and he tried to run over a deputy at a road block.
Chancellor Mark Emmert, who attended the press conference, said despite the break in the investigation, he encourages all students to continue those safe behavior patterns he has noticed in the past few months.
Englade encouraged those with information about Lee’s whereabouts to contact their local law enforcement agency or the task force at 1-866-389-3310.The Associated Press contributed to this report.