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Article: Police Turn to Secret Weapon: GPS Device
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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Someone was attacking women in Fairfax County and Alexandria,
grabbing them from behind and sometimes punching and molesting them
before running away. After logging 11 cases in six months, police
finally identified a suspect.
David Lee Foltz Jr., who had served 17 years in prison for rape,
lived near the crime scenes. To figure out if Foltz was the
assailant, police pulled out their secret weapon: They put a Global
Positioning System device on Foltz's van, which allowed them to
track his movements.
Police said they soon caught Foltz dragging a woman into a wooded
area in Falls Church. After his arrest on Feb. 6, the string of
assaults suddenly stopped. The break in the case relied largely on ...
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Article: OBIT - FOLTZ, JEMIMA PATTERSON
Roanoke Times & World News;
December 27, 2002 ;
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...FOLTZ, Jemima Patterson, 92, of 4090 Holbert Avenue, Draper ... was also preceded in death by her husband, George Clayton Foltz, Sr. and by a daughter, Alberta Boyd Foltz. She was a member of the Draper United Methodist Church ...
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