Man convicted of rape in Coeur d’Alene is now linked to the deaths of four women in Canada

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – A man arrested here in 2008 is linked to the deaths of four young Canadian women, police said Friday.

Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Dave Hall said Gary Allen Srery may also be linked to unsolved murders and sexual assaults in Western Canada and authorities are asking the public for more information that may link him to other cold cases .

A jury convicted Srery in 2009 of raping a Coeur d’Alene woman. First District Judge Charles Hosack sentenced Srery to life in prison with parole eligibility after eight years. He died of natural causes in a state prison in 2011.

A breakthrough in the Canada killings came when authorities began comparing the killer’s DNA with profiles on ancestry websites, eventually leading to a match with Srery, Hall said.

Hall provided details on the four Canadian cases related to Srery.

He said that in 1976, Eva Dvorak and Patricia McQueen were both 14 years old and living in Calgary, Alberta, attending middle school. He said they were last seen walking together in downtown Calgary and the next day their bodies were found in the street under a highway underpass west of the city.

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