DNA on Cigarette Helps Police Solve 1971 Cold Case Murder of Teacher
Curran was murdered in her apartment’s bedroom on July 19, 1971, police said. Authorities are confident that William Deroos was the murderer.
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Curran was murdered in her apartment’s bedroom on July 19, 1971, police said. Authorities are confident that William Deroos was the murderer.
By identifying the killer's DNA on a cigarette butt left at the crime scene, police in the United States were able to solve a 52-year-old cold case murder of a schoolteacher.
A discarded cigarette found near the body of a Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to a neighbor who they say strangled her, Vermont police said.
Over 50 years after a woman was murdered in Burlington, Vermont, police say they have solved the case.
Decades-old DNA evidence and a commercial genealogy database helped police solve the 1971 murder of Rita Curran, Burlington’s oldest cold case, authorities said Tuesday. An...