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Las Vegas cold case murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord inside his home

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DNA testing has identified a suspect in the 2005 murder of Daniel Zeisler in Las Vegas, according to a forensic lab.

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Metro Police Solve 2005 Strangling of Daniel Zeiszler Using Advanced Genetic Genealogy Testing

LAS VEGAS, NV — A brutal twenty-year-old Las Vegas cold case homicide has officially been solved after advanced forensic genetic genealogy identified the suspect who strangled a man with a telephone cord before fleeing across the country in the victim’s stolen vehicle. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department unsealed the breakthrough case resolution on Wednesday following a collaborative multi-month DNA tracking operation with specialized f…

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Las Vegas cold case murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord inside his home

DNA testing has identified a suspect in the 2005 murder of Daniel Zeisler in Las Vegas, according to a forensic lab.

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CBS News broke the news in United States on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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