DNA identifies suspect in 3 Spokane 1990 killings

Published 2:09 pm Friday, November 1, 2013

SPOKANE — Police say DNA technology has identified a suspect in the 1990 shooting deaths of three prostitutes in Spokane.

Cold case detectives are recommending that prosecutors fire murder charges against Donna Perry, 61, who is in a federal prison in Texas in a firearms case.

The Spokesman-Review reports Perry previously was known as Douglas Perry and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2000.