DNA links man to 1989 murder and 1990 sexual assault in same Arizona apartment complex

A suspect from Colorado has been arrested in connection with two cold cases that occurred more than three decades ago in the same Mesa, Arizona apartment complex, police said Tuesday.

They said 58-year-old Thomas Davis Cox is being held on a $1 million cash bond after being indicted on 16 counts in the cases including suspicion of first-degree murder, sexual assault, burglary and kidnapping.

Court records show 22-year-old Susan Amy Morse was found dead in her apartment in October 1989. Police said the woman had been sexually molested and died from asphyxiation.