Teen Kim Bryant was killed in 1979. Now DNA has helped identify a suspect.
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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Teen Kim Bryant was killed in 1979. Now DNA has helped identify a suspect.
Kim Bryant was sexually assaulted, killed and left in a desert in Jan. 1979. Police identified a suspect using DNA evidence and genetic genealogy.
IStock/ijoe84(LAS VEGAS) -- More than 40 years after a teenage girl's murder in Las Vegas, her suspected killer has been identified through DNA evidence and genetic genealogy. Kim Bryant, 16, was kidnapped, raped and killed on Jan. 26, 1979, police in Las Vegas said. The teen was last seen at a Dairy Queen restaurant near her high school and was reported missing after she didn't return home, police said. Her body was found one month later in a desert area, police said. For decades, her slaying went unsolved. Semen from a suspect was recovered during Bryant's autopsy, but the DNA...
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