Derrick Todd Lee

Derrick Todd Lee, 34, has a criminal record that includes a two-year prison term for burglary and a history of stalking and "peeping Tom" incidents. When Lee swabbed in connection to the Randi Mebruer disappearance, he lived in St. Francisville with his wife and two children -- a 13-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl. School officials say Lee and his wife pulled their kids out of school soon after he submitted the DNA sample. The family first fled to Chicago, then Atlanta -- where Lee was arrested May 27, 2003. Police say his wife and children are safe, but in hiding.

The family of Lee's wife says she lived in denial of her husband's transgressions.

TIMELINE:

• July 1993: Lee sentenced to prison for a November 1992 burglary. Serves two years.
• September 1995-January 2000: Lee arrested at various times in Lake Charles, Zachary and other Louisiana towns on battery, suspicion of being a peeping tom, stalking and other counts.
• April 2000: Lee convicted of flight from an officer in one incident and sentenced to prison for two years. A judge also revoked his probation on an earlier stalking charge.
• January 2001: Lee released from prison.
• September 24, 2001: Gina Wilson Green found strangled in her home in Baton Rouge.
• May 31, 2002: Charlotte Murray Pace found stabbed to death in her home south of LSU.
• July 9, 2002: Woman attacked in her home in Breaux Bridge, but survives.
• July 12, 2002: Pam Kinamore abducted from her home in Baton Rouge. Body found four days later near Whiskey Bay.
• November 21, 2002: Trineisha Dene Colomb attacked near Grand Coteau north of Lafayette. Body found three days later in Scott.
• March 3, 2003: Carrie Lynn Yoder abducted from her home. Body found 10 days later near Whiskey Bay.
• May 5: Lee forced to submit a sample for DNA testing in case not linked to serial killer. The tests on the DNA sample later link him to the five killings already blamed on the serial killer.
• May 26: Identified publicly as serial killing suspect. Arrest warrant issued in Yoder case.
• May 27: Lee captured in Atlanta. Also, arrest warrant naming Lee issued in nonfatal July 9, 2002 attack.
• May 28: Lee agrees not to fight transfer back to Louisiana.
• June 19: Police say another victim is linked to Lee. DNA evidence found at Geralyn DeSoto's January 1992 murder scene is linked to Lee.