1.   But police did not connect him to the assaults until last weekend.

2.   But the way in which police connected the two men to the South Braintree slayings, especially the coaching of witnesses, has appalled legal specialists for decades.

3.   By mid-October, Kansas City and Overland Park police connected Benton and Burnett to the credit union and jewelry cases.

4.   Police have connected LaFontaine, a prostitute, to the serial killings from the beginning.

5.   Police have connected LaFontaine, a prostitute, to the serial murders from the beginning.

6.   Police have not connected the two cases, he said.

7.   Using such a system, police could connect evidence at the scenes of murders and shootings to the guns used in such crimes.

8.   It was not until two days later that police connected the pair to Silverman.

9.   Newark Police spokesman Sgt. Amilkar Velez refused to say how police connected Muhammad to the killing.

10.   Through a tip, police connected Sellers to the earlier killing.