Michigan Dog Busts Serial Killer Case Wide Open

Here's a dog worth his weight in gold:

A suspected serial killer has been arrested in the deaths of five women in the city in just over a month — and he is also connected to an assault on a woman whose dog ran the attacker off, police said.

Local, state and federal investigators "have taken a collective sigh of relief," police Lt. Judy Horning said.

The man, whose name was not released, was not expected to be charged or arraigned until at least Friday.

"The despicable individual responsible for this heinous rampage through our community has been captured," Mayor Virg Bernero said. "Our nightmare is over."

Police had been looking for clues and help from the public in five homicides since late July, including two this week, in the state capital, a city of 114,000 about 75 miles northwest of Detroit.

A 56-year-old woman was attacked Tuesday in her home, but her dog heard the commotion and charged the man, who fled. Her injuries were not life threatening.

Police credited her with providing key details that helped focus their investigation and led to a sketch of a suspect, but they declined to discuss the circumstances of the arrest.

We know of Blue, who spent an evening fighting off alligators trying to attack the incapacitated elderly lady who owns him. I'd like to hear more about this dog as well. It looks like he's saved a whole hairnet full of little old ladies.