Discarded cigarette butt, DNA tests solve Vermont murder case
The suspect, identified as William DeRoos, who was 31 at the time, had left his apartment that night for “a cool down walk.”
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The suspect, identified as William DeRoos, who was 31 at the time, had left his apartment that night for “a cool down walk.”
A discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her after having a fight with his wife, police said Tuesday.
Burlington Police DNA evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed Rira Curran within a...
The case was reopened in 2019 when a team of detectives began looking back into the evidence and suspects.
The suspect, identified as William DeRoos, who was 31 at the time, had left his apartment that night for “a cool down walk.”