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The Hunt for Who Kidnapped and Killed 7-Year-Old Morgan Violi Was Cold for Decades. Then Came a Break
Robert Scott Froberg admitted to kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Morgan Violi in 1996 after DNA evidence from a hair in a stolen van matched him in CODIS.
- On Feb. 27, 2026, U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner announced Robert Scott Froberg was charged with kidnapping resulting in death after a complaint was filed Feb. 26 in the Western District of Kentucky.
- With modern DNA forensics, the FBI extracted a DNA profile from a hair preserved on glass microscope slides and matched it through CODIS, leading to the suspect.
- On July 24, 1996, witnesses described a man forcing Morgan into a stolen maroon Chevrolet van before she was abducted, investigators said.
- Froberg faces life in prison or the death penalty if convicted and will soon be taken into federal custody in Kentucky; the Violi family was notified Thursday and attended the news conference.
- The FBI offered a $25,000 reward for tips in the nearly 30-year-old investigation, Bumgarner said.
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