After Scheanette's arrest, Lancaster police got a tip that two years ago he lived near an apartment complex where two women were raped in the fall of 1998. The victims' description of the suspect matched Scheanette, and police obtained a search warrant to get a DNA sample from him. The DNA matched the evidence in both cases, and two sexual assault charges will be filed against Scheanette when police receive written confirmation of the test results, Lt. Thurman Selman said. The Lancaster department also is waiting on test results in another rape case.
Police also say the pattern, moving from murders to rapes, is unusual.
We don't have an answer as to why. This individual has not talked to the police. Those close to the victims also want answers. At Morton Elementary School in Arlington, where Vu taught for several years, fellow teacher JoAnna Robbins still wonders why her friend was killed. Scheanette's arrest does not erase the pain but brings a sense of closure, Robbins said.