what. that arraignment expected to happen any moment. we understand there will be a pool camera inside. we ll get to see him at some point after this happens. where this stands right now, contessa, is basically the police say they have a solid case against him. they say they have forensic evidence back at the hotel room including bodily fluids and dna. now, they also say the maid, the accuser here picked him out of a lineup yesterday. and so now they have actually taken dna from him under a court order and apparently he willingly gave it to see if the dna matches. it is unclear how solid their case is at the moment. so we re watching this progress on the legal front. meanwhile, the investigation, are they still out trying to gather evidence, witness testimony, things like that? there is only one witness at this moment. there are some conspiracy theories out there from from some political pundits who are saying that he was about to get into the presidential race in france, up agai
coast rapist. the suspect is blamed for attacks on women in four states. susan candiotti has the latest now from new haven. susan? reporter: the suspect in this case, 39-year-old aaron thomas, is now in custody at the new haven police department. but it took 13 years, authorities say, to get him there. they say that everything came together in just the last week after they had put up a website and some electronic billboards with a composite sketch of the suspect that they were after. they d also received an anonymous tip and some other information that led to some dna matches. they now say they can link thomas to at least 12 rapes and possibly more over the course of 13 years across four states, including connecticut, maryland, virginia, and rhode island. they caught up with thomas yesterday as he was walking down a street near his home. recent information was developed in this case. dna was collected and