Police: DNA Technology Connects Man to Florida Serial Rapes

Broward Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit Sgt. Kami Floyd, right, speaks as Sheriff Gregory Tony looks on during a news conference, at the BSO Public Safety Building in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on June 7, 2022. Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo

MIAMI—Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s.

Robert Koehler is currently jailed in neighboring Miami-Dade County, where he faces charges for assaulting a woman in the early ‘80s as well, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a Tuesday morning news conference.