HOLLAND, Mich. - For more than a quarter-century, the brutal sex slaying of Hope College student and hotel clerk Janet Chandler baffled law enforcement officials.

Then, a film class at Hope produced a documentary that aired on a Grand Rapids television station in January 2004, and investigators started getting tips again.

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced recently that five more arrests had been made - including four men and a woman who was the victim's roommate and boss. They were taken into custody in Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

"It has always been the mission of all parties involved in this investigation to ensure that the family of Janet Chandler sees justice. That day is now coming closer," Mr. Cox said during a news conference.

Mr. Lynch and the four other men were working as security guards for the same company at the time of the killing and were in Holland because they were on assignment at a labor strike.

Authorities said Janet Chandler was working her job as a clerk at the Blue Mill Inn on Jan. 31, 1979, when she was kidnapped by the six suspects and taken to a house where she was beaten, raped and strangled.

Mr. Cox identified those arrested this week as James Cleophas "Bubba" Nelson, 59, of Rand, W.Va.; Arthur Carlton "Carl" Paiva, 54, of Muskegon; Freddie Bass Parker, 49, of Powellton, W.Va.; Laurie Ann Swank, 48, of Nescopeck, Pa.; and Anthony Eugene Williams, 55, of Boscobel, Wis.

Mr. Parker's sister Annette Bennett said her brother had left Michigan a day or two before Ms. Chandler was killed and was in West Virginia when it happened.

"I don't understand how suddenly the police and the detectives know the details of this case when it took them 27 years to investigate," Mr. Lafon said.

Mr. Nelson's attorney, Ronni Sheets, said she had not met with him and had no comment. Attempts to reach the other suspects' attorneys or relatives for comment were unsuccessful.

Holland police Chief John A. Kruithoff said all five were taken into custody in their hometowns. Like Mr. Lynch, the five new suspects were arrested on warrants charging each of them with three counts of first-degree murder.

Each person is charged with premeditated murder and committing a murder during the commission of two other felonies, which in this case included kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct.

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