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There have been no leads that have lead to arrests in the murder of Brianna Denison. I wrote several posts about the investigation back at the beginning of the year and after having come across this information from the Reno Journal-Gazette I wanted to share it here. For ongoing information in the case please visit the RJG.

Brianna Denison: 1988-2008

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THE SUSPECT

*White male in his early 20s to mid-30s and between 5-foot-9 and 6-foot-3
*The skin on his abdomen, groin and upper legs is noticeably lighter in color than the skin on his hands
*He is large and has a somewhat heavy build, not overly muscular
*Had medium to dark brown hair
*Had large hands with thick “meaty” fingers
*Had a mustache and goatee with a noticeable gap that had no hair between the ends of the mustache and top of the goatee
*His genital area and groin were hairless, and his skin smooth, as if he used hair removal cream
*He spoke clear, fluent English and had no accent.

THE VEHICLE
An extended cab pickup or sport-utility vehicle with a dome light above the windshield. It requires a big step to get inside.
*It has a floor-mounted skinny console that opens in front
*The LED read-out on the radio was blue and red
*The truck had cloth seats and an automatic transmission
*A baby shoe and white letter-size papers with typing were on the front floorboard.

HOW TO HELP
Anyone
with information can reach Reno police detectives at 334-2215, Secret
Witness at 322-4900 or the Denison hot line at 745-3521.

PREVIOUS UNR-AREA ATTACKS
About
5 p.m. Nov. 13, a 21-year-old UNR student was in her apartment complex
parking lot in the 400 block of College Drive when a man grabbed and
fondled her. He ran away after she kicked him and screamed.
About 2
a.m. Dec. 16, a 22-year-old UNR student was walking to her apartment in
the 1400 block of North Virginia Street when a man grabbed her from
behind and rendered her unconscious. She woke up inside his pickup and
was forced to commit a sexual act on him before he drove her home.
Hours
before Denison was abducted, police said they believe the same man
unsuccessfully tried to break down the 22-year-old’s apartment door.

Newly released details in Denison case

Reno
police now say Brianna Denison’s killer walked through an unlocked back
door on Jan. 20 when he found her sleeping on her friend’s couch in a
rental home on MacKay Court. They believe he was lurking around
neighborhoods in the university area in the early morning hours,
looking for a victim and fantasizing about an attack.
Investigators
believe Denison was dead when her killer removed her from the house. He
later left her in a field with two pairs of women’s underwear.
The
suspect, who seemingly has a fetish for collecting underwear, had hours
earlier tried to break down the apartment door of his Dec. 16 victim
whom he kidnapped and sexually assaulted, police said they now believe.
And just weeks before that December assault, he tried to sexually
assault another college student.
— Jaclyn O’Malley

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All of the above info comes from the RJG who have been tireless in their coverage of the case.