Orlando police say man who murdered 2 people more than 30 years ago is a suspect in 8 other cases

ORLANDO, Fla. — Detectives answered questions about how they solved two decades-old murder cases on Wednesday.

Officers booked Charlie Hall into the Orange County Jail this week.

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Orlando detectives said Hall had been their prime suspect for years. Channel 9 spoke with Hall’s wife, who said she knew nothing about the cases.

Shannon Williams said Hall is a good man and has stayed out of trouble since they’ve been together.

Williams said she is shocked to find out that her husband of 12 years was a suspected murderer.

“I ain’t know nothing about it,” she said.

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Police said Hall is linked to two murders in the 1980s, when he was just 21 years old.

In the dozens of pages filed with the clerk, it said Hall terrorized the homeless community in downtown Orlando.

The report said police were looking for a suspect who was hitting white transients in the back of the head many times while they were asleep.

Investigators said Hall told them he was addicted to crack cocaine at the time and that’s what drove him to do this.

Each time he got very little from the victims.

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Man arrested, accused of killing 2 men in Orlando in 1987 (Orlando Police Department)

Orlando police said they believe Hall is a suspect in eight other cases.

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“We never stop looking for closure for those who have been affected by homicide investigations,” Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon said.

Police said Hall was always a suspect. His DNA was tested but the results came back inconclusive.

More than three decades later, Hall was arrested after police said he confessed to the murders.

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Hall’s wife doesn’t believe it.

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“All I know is, I don’t think he mean no harm to nobody,” she said.

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