This residence is on Mackay Court in Reno, where she was staying after attending a party at the Sands Regency on North Arlington Avenue.

[4] In the following days, the Reno Police Department conducted a forensic investigation of the MacKay Court residence where Denison was staying when she was abducted and found touch DNA belonging to an unidentified male on the doorknob.

[1] Investigators later learned that the male DNA found on the couch where Denison was sleeping the night when she disappeared was linked with at least two previous sexually motivated attacks in the same area, one on November 13[6] and the second on December 16, 2007.

As he was walking by the road, he noticed bright orange-colored fabric standing out among a pile of discarded tree limbs lying in a ditch.

Jimenez didn't have a cell phone, so he quickly returned to his place of employment, EE Technologies, to call the Reno police.

[15] The person in question was also linked to at least two attempted sexual assaults in November and December 2007, and a woman claimed to have been raped in a parking garage in October.

On Tuesday, November 12 2008, James Michael Biela, 27, of Sparks, Nevada, was arrested and booked at the Washoe County Jail on charges of murder, first-degree kidnapping, and sexual assault.

Widespread news media reports began circulating, including a police sketch of a suspect and a description of a vehicle used in another rape the month before Brianna's abduction.

The test indicated that his direct relative had left DNA at the home where Brianna Denison was abducted and at the other rape that had taken place the prior month.

[citation needed] On his way to Washington, it was also announced that Biela had sold his truck in Idaho, which matched the description of the vehicle used in the previous sexual assault.

After deliberating for about nine hours, the jury returned a guilty verdict for all counts against Biela, which included kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder.

Defense attorneys argued against the death penalty, stating that Biela suffered an abusive childhood due to an alcoholic father, that he had been a productive member of society before his crimes, and that he was a model prisoner.

"[25] The sale of handguns, stunguns and pepper spray increased dramatically in the University of Nevada, Reno area after Denison's body was found.