Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison announced the creation of the task force, calling the Long Island Serial Killer case a "top priority."
Cryptocurrency and Porsche lover Willy Maceo has been charged with the first-degree murders of homeless men Manuel Perez and Jerome Antonio Price as well as the attempted murder of Jorge Gardines.
John Charles Bolsinger, who died shortly after the final murder, has been identified as the man who killed a string of women in Oregon in the 1980s — years after he was convicted of a first murder.
DNA and genetic genealogy has identified Joe Michael Ervin — who died by suicide after shooting Aurora Police Officer Debra Sue Corr in 1981 — as the killer of four victims, including 17-year-old Antoinette Parks.
San Francisco Police have identified lawyer Warren Andrews as a possible sixth victim of the "Doodler" serial killer, a murderer who preyed upon gay men in the 1970s.
Police believe that Sonya Champ, who was found dead in a shopping cart in September, could be another alleged victim of "Shopping Cart Killer" Anthony Robinson.