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DNA sample leads to charges in 1981 cold case murder in Indiana
CHICAGO (CBS) — A father-son detective team in Griffith, Indiana, solved a 1981 cold case with the help of technology that wasn't around when the murder happened. Gregory Thurson was charged with the murder of 51-year-old John Blaylock.
Discarded cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 cold case killing, Indiana cops say
It was DNA found on a discarded cigarette by Burnham, Illinois, police that helped police determine which brother was the suspect, police and WGN reported. The cigarette’s DNA d
Indianapolis Man Charged with Murder in 2022 Fatal Home Invasion after DNA Evidence Discovery
Octavionn Long was arrested for the 2022 murder of Naya Ruffin in Indianapolis, with DNA linking him to the crime.
Cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 Indiana cold case: documents
An Oregon man was recently extradited to Northwest Indiana in the 1981 killing of another man, and a cigarette discarded by his brother helped police find him.
DNA evidence leads to man's arrest in 1981 cold case murder in Indiana
Police in Griffith, Indiana said they have solved a 43-year-old cold case, thanks to technology that wasn't around when the murder happened.
Docs: Cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 Northwest Indiana cold case
An Oregon man was recently extradited back to Northwest Indiana after allegedly murdering another man in 1981. His brother littering a cigarette helped police find him. The
Arrest made in 1981 Indiana cold case, thanks to father-son detective duo
More than 40 years after a man was murdered in northwest Indiana, police say they’ve caught the killer thanks to the work of detectives who are father and son.
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Court Documents Reveal DNA Samples led up to Teenager’s Arrest for Breaking into a Home two years ago
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Court docs: DNA links Indy man to home invasion homicide from 2022
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An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
sophisticated DNA testing and a cooperative descendent — the identity of that skull has finally been confirmed. It belonged to an Indiana teenager who died from childbirth complications in 1866.
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Indiana man gets life in prison for 1975 drowning of Indiana teenager
An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison ... deliberately drowned” Mitchell after taking her to the river in Bandy’s car. A DNA profile was obtained in recent years through testing ...
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DNA tests identify 19th-century Indiana teenager's skull found in Illinois home's wall
the office was able to build a DNA profile from the skull that suggested it was that of Esther Granger, a 17-year-old woman who died during childbirth in Merrillville, Indiana, in 1866. The ...
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Delphi murders trial: Man found guilty in gruesome deaths of girls on Indiana trail
Richard Allen was found guilty of murdering Libby German and Abby Williams while they were out on a walk in February 2017 ...
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Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
An Indiana State Police firearms expert told the ... And he said no fingerprint, DNA or forensic evidence links Allen to the murder scene. And for more than five years after the teens were killed ...