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Forensic hair analysis could solve Rowan County's oldest unsolved murder

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In 1971, a nameless newborn girl was brutally killed and covered in trash. At the time, investigators say it was policy to cremate unidentified bodies after a year. In the 1971 autopsy, the medical examiner collected hair from the newborn. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office is using almost $7,600 in state money from the SBI Cold Case Unit to send the baby's hair sample to be tested at a private lab in California.

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Forensic hair analysis could solve Rowan County's oldest unsolved murder

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A critical piece of evidence could help Rowan County investigators solve the county’s oldest unsolved murder, a 52-year-old case of a baby girl’s killing. Digging through case files is something that never gets old for Lt. Ryan Barkley no matter how old the case. Student disciplined after bringing weapon to elementary school: RSS “To know that a baby was killed even if they were old enough to be my…

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52-year-old case of Rowan baby girl's killing back open

A critical piece of evidence could help Rowan County investigators solve the county’s oldest unsolved murder, a 52-year-old case of a baby girl’s killing.

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Queen City News broke the news in on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
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