After the TV segment aired, dozens of women phoned the police to say they’d had encounters with Peyer. He’d pulled them over, hit on them, and had sometimes gotten handsy. A few of these women had actually filed complaints already, which had gone nowhere.
Now, with increased attention on the man, investigators matched an unusual bit of thread found on Cara’s body with a patch on Peyer’s uniform. Soon, they found more evidence: besides those scratches: witnesses had noticed odd behavior, and it even looked like a drop of his blood landed on Cara’s shoes.
It took a couple different trials, but Peyer was sentenced to 25 to life. By the time he’s eligible for parole, he’ll be 77 years old.
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