Deputies ID Suspect in 1973 Double Murder of New Jersey Teen Sisters in Key Largo

Deputies ID suspect in 1973 double murder of New Jersey teen sisters in Key Largo

More than five decades after two New Jersey sisters were killed in the Florida Keys, authorities have identified a suspect in the long-unsolved case through advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

Suspect identified in 1973 double murder case in Key Largo

KEY LARGO — A DNA investigation helped authorities identify David Allen Snyder as the suspect in the 1973 killings of two sisters from New Jersey in the Florida Keys, the

Suspect identified in 1973 double murder of teen sisters in the Florida Keys

More than 50 years after two teen sisters were brutally murdered while hitchhiking in the Florida Keys, authorities said they’ve identified a suspect in the killings. In April 1973, Marguerite “Maggie” Jenkins, 18, and her 16-year-old sister, Mary Jenkins, had traveled to Key West from New Jersey for a vacation. They were last seen hitchhiking on Stock Island on May 2, 1973, and the next day, their bodies were discovered by a resident in a woode…

DNA Solves 1973 Florida Keys Double Murder Of New Jersey Sisters - Tampa Free Press

Authorities have identified the man responsible for the 1973 double murder of two teenage sisters from New Jersey vacationing in the Florida Keys, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay announced Wednesday. Investigators from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement used forensic genetic genealogy to identify the suspect […] DNA Solves 1973 Florida Keys Double Murder Of New Jersey Sisters