Cigarette butt leads police to suspected killer in 1971 murder
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A discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont 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.
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Discarded cigarette butt, DNA tests solve 52-year-old murder
Officials say a discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled
Discarded cigarette butt, DNA tests solve 52-year-old murder
Officials say a discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her in her apartment
Discarded cigarette butt helps solve a 52-year-old murder
Evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed US school teacher Rita Curran in 1971.
DNA on a cigarette butt just helped solve a 52-year-old murder
Rita Curran, a 24-year-old teacher, was found dead in her Vermont apartment in 1971. Police say the DNA led them to William DeRoos, who lived above her.
Vermont teacher Rita Curran was murdered 52 years ago. A discarded cigarette butt just helped close the case.
Officials say a discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her in her apartment.