Cold case homicide victim identified 44 years after body found along Texas highway
A slain Texas woman whose body was discovered on the side of a highway more than four decades ago has finally been identified.
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A slain Texas woman whose body was discovered on the side of a highway more than four decades ago has finally been identified.
Kathy Ann Smith, 22, is believed to be one of the dozens of women who serial killer Henry Lee Lucas confessed to killing.
Bastrop County sheriff’s deputies found the decomposed body of a woman along U.S. 290 near FM 696 on June 21, 1979.
Rodney Reed's defense attorneys had previously requested DNA testing on key pieces of evidence in the case, but the requests had been denied by the courts.
The Supreme Court let death row inmate Rodney Reed to pursue DNA testing as he seeks to prove his innocence. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a 20-page dissent.