";s:4:"text";s:4660:" He said they are working with Palm Beach County to put together a “solid case” to make sure “this murderer, disgusting serial killer who is off the streets now never gets out.”The four Daytona victims were all fatally shot with a .40 caliber firearm, according to police. As the sheriff said, we believe we have taken a serial killer off the streets. Investigators used ballistic evidence to connect Hayes to Patton’s murder.Walker added, “Most importantly to us, this technique has a very real impact on public safety. And we will do justice for her.”Robert Hayes made his first court appearance on September 16, and was held without bail. Her nude body was located about 8:15 a.m. by a road crew worker in the shoulder of the road near a construction project. She said they have identified four suspects in cold cases in Florida using genetic genealogy leads.Special Agent Troy Walker of the FDLE’s Miami region said the case is “high priority.” He added, “I believe you will be hearing a lot about Robert Tyrone Hayes in months to come.
The Daytona Serial Killer was known to target prostitutes and would leave semen at the crime scene, according to police.Police said in the affidavit filed before Hayes’ arrest that DNA taken from the crime scenes in the murders of Gunther and Green matched DNA from the scene of Rachel Bey’s murder. Investigators have also used DNA to identify Hayes as a suspect in two of the Daytona Beach murders and have tied him to a third murder through ballistic evidence, officials said at a press conference.At the press conference announcing Hayes’ arrest, FDLE Special Agent Troy Walker told reporters, “Killers like Robert Tyrone Hayes are the reason genetic genealogy is so important to public safety. The event was still being advertised on Facebook pages as of Thursday evening. In March 2006, Hayes told police he had given the gun to his mother, who lived in West Palm Beach, according to court documents. But to this point he has only been charged with Miss Bey’s murder, but there is a strong indication that he may have been involved in three other cold case homicides in Daytona Beach.