California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Thrill Killer Breaks His Weekly Pattern

A serial thrill killer who broke his weekly pattern by lying low is still out there and “certainly could kill again,� the county’s top homicide detective warned. Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Biondi said a night of heavy patrolling by a large force of detectives and deputies in the north Sacramento area resulted in several unrelated arrests, but the killer did not strike again. “I’m elated the pattern has been broken,� a weary Biondi told reporters. Detectives had feared a repeat of the execution-style slayings of six people during robberies the previous two Tuesday nights.