July 1993: Lee sentenced to prison for a November 1992 burglary.

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

Police say his wife and children are safe, but in hiding. The family first fled to Chicago, then Atlanta - where Lee was arrested May 27, 2003. School officials say Lee and his wife pulled their kids out of school soon after he submitted the DNA sample.

Francisville with his wife and two children - a 13-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl. When Lee swabbed in connection to the Randi Mebruer disappearance, he lived in St. With thousands of false leads and dozens of false suspects, police struggled to profile and pinpoint a killer behind the spree of vicious attacks.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. As serial killers walked free, the horrific murders created confusion and inconsistencies with no pattern or matching victimology.

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