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SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - A man who committed suicide in June after becoming the focus of a rape investigation abducted and killed three Virginia girls in the 1990s, police said Tuesday. Forensic evidence - including hair, fibers and DNA - linked Richard Evonitz to the killings in 1996 and 1997, Spotsylvania County Sheriff Ron Knight said. He said Evonitz apparently acted alone. Evonitz lived in the area at the time Sofia Silva and sisters Kati and Kristin Lisk were abducted from outside their homes and killed. Authorities are continuing to gather evidence to see if Evonitz is linked to crimes...

Kristin Lisk and Kati Lisk On May 1, 1997, 11-year-old Kati Lisk and her 15-year-old sister Kristin Lisk, were abducted from their Spotsylvania County, Virginia, home. Five days later, their bodies were found 30 miles away in the South Anna River, Hanover County, Virginia. The FBI and the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office believe the same person or persons killed all three of the young girls. A $150,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder and abduction of Sofia Silva and Kristin and Kati Lisk....