By RON TODT
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA – A man linked by DNA to the strangling deaths of three women in a gritty, high-crime section of the city was arrested Monday, police said.
Antonio Rodriguez, 21, was taken into custody on an unrelated bench warrant after someone phoned in a tip, police said. The announcement came Monday night shortly after a news conference at which Capt. James Clark said Rodriguez was being sought as a person of interest in the Kensington stranglings case.
Rodriguez, who had been sought on a bench warrant from a missed court appearance in an unrelated case, was in police custody Monday night and couldn’t be reached for comment.