1975 Cold Case Solved In Our County!

[Stringbanger]

How a coffee cup left at Philadelphia International Airport led to an alleged killer in a 1975 cold case

The murder investigation included records of Italian social clubs, draft cards, and Ellis Island immigration logs.

www.google.com

She was only 19. I had just turned 20. The murderer was probably 21 at the time.

The suspect is married. Can you imagine what his wife must think?

 

[Jakedog]

Crazy. And very cool.

 

[Rowdyman]

Link doesn't work, at least not for me, RM

 

[P-Nutz]

Linky no worry.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

Link needs a subscription.

This one (from the Daily Fail, sorry) might work

DNA from coffee cup helps cops unlock 1975 murder of 19-year-old girl

Pennsylvania cops made an arrest in the cold case Seventies murder of a 19-year-old girl with a kitchen knife in her own home. DNA was found on the airport coffee cup of her accused killer

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[tery]

I'm glad that they didn't give up looking for the SOB.

 

[dented]

I am always intrigued by these readings of justice being served. Bless the souls that were lost and the people who continue to work on these cases for decades. Amazing stories.
I wish we could learn about the perpetrator and his life. Did he have any remorse, nightmares, triggers that made him sweat. He must have known about current DNA testing. Did he expect the knock on the door? Glad her family gets some closure albeit continuously sad.

 

[Phrygian77]

Thankfully, the guy was still alive to be brought to justice. I've seen a lot of these were the person is dead. Sometimes, at least it was a karmic death. One of the more disturbing though was the 1971 murder of Maureen Brubaker Farley, because that monster lived a normal family life up until he died at age 94 in 2013.

 

[Stubee]

Quite the sleuthing!

 

[beyer160]

There are undoubtedly others out there who got away with murders decades ago, now looking over their shoulders wondering when some relative they've never even met is going to take an Ancestry DNA test that sends them to prison.

 

[Linderflomann]

I wish we could learn about the perpetrator and his life. Did he have any remorse, nightmares, triggers that made him sweat. He must have known about current DNA testing. Did he expect the knock on the door? Glad her family gets some closure albeit continuously sad.

I wonder about this too, but also about what other unpleasant things he may have done. It's hard to imagine someone capable of such a thing to not have been abusive towards the women in his life in particular.

 

[Peegoo]

Reminds me of the BTK murders in Wichita: a bad guy hiding in plain sight.

I hope this guy rots in jail.

Forgiveness? Sense of compassion? Not from me. You can if you like.

 

[Buckocaster51]

I have an ex-coworker who visibly pales anytime DNA testing and services like 23AndMe are mentioned.

Sort of makes a person wonder.

 

[thunderbyrd]

I have an ex-coworker who visibly pales anytime DNA testing and services like 23AndMe are mentioned.

Sort of makes a person wonder.

could be he's simply concerned about back-years of child support.

 

[thunderbyrd]

there's almost bound to be more violence in his past.

 

[chris m.]

With a really good lawyer there's a chance that he wouldn't be convicted even though it certainly looks like it has been solved.

 

[Telekarster]

there's almost bound to be more violence in his past.

Every time I read a story like this I always think "Was the victim the only victim? Was there someone before and/or after the one they know about?" Glad the caught him, finally, and it will be interesting to see if anything else shakes loose about his past...

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

With a really good lawyer there's a chance that he wouldn't be convicted even though it certainly looks like it has been solved.

I wouldn't be so sure...

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

The OPs link worked for me. DNA has come a long way in areas no one would have thought of even a couple of decades ago.

 

[Masmus]

There was a brutal murder in Reno about 15 years ago that was solved fairly quickly by comparison by getting a blood relative to volunteer a dna sample because the suspect wouldn’t submit and there wasn’t enough evidence to get a court order. The sample showed a match for a close relative and the police were then able to get that court order and the suspect was eventually convicted.