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# New kidnapping suspect fits profile
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/new-kidnapping-suspect-fits-profile/
- Published: 2004-12-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:47:47.000Z
- Author: John Wood
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

LAX COURTHOUSE — Lawyers on Friday released new information about a second suspect in the violent kidnappings of an elderly Santa Monica woman this fall.

DNA evidence recovered in the case points to a three-strike criminal who was arrested in East Los Angeles last month after allegedly stealing a car, lawyers said. Authorities haven’t named the new suspect, but said he has been jailed before for similar offenses.

The new information may help prove innocent Olympic silver medalist Danny Harris, in custody for the last month in connection with the kidnappings. Harris, 39, was charged with seven felony counts after trained bloodhounds led investigators to his room at the Clare Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps drug and alcohol addicts.

A track star who earned the silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympics, Harris also is a recovering cocaine addict who was living at Clare while working as a personal trainer at Better Body Maker on Santa Monica Boulevard. Police believe he twice kidnapped a 75-year-old Santa Monica woman, stole from her, and threatened to kill her and burn down her house. The incidents occurred Oct. 18 and Nov. 4.

Harris, who is being held in lieu of $1.44 million bail, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and will return to court Monday. After learning of the new suspect, prosecutors refused to drop the charges against Harris, but agreed to conduct new police lineups this weekend and re-interview key witnesses in the case.

Deputy District Attorneys Kelly Fritz and Scott Millington argued Harris should remain in custody because he may have been working collaboratively with the additional suspects. They pointed to eyewitnesses who positively identified Harris, and evidence collected from his room that they claimed connects Harris to the kidnappings.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 11, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121104.pdf?ref=smdp.com)