sentences:  Holmes was questioned but was released due to lack of evidence; he refused to cooperate with the investigation.After spending nearly five months on the run with Schiller, Holmes was arrested in Florida on December 4, 1981 by former LAPD homicide detectives Frank Tomlinson and Tom Lange (who later gained fame for his involvement in the O. J. Simpson murder case).Holmes was extradited to Los Angeles, and in March 1982, he was charged with personally committing all four murders.