DNA confirms man who had passed polygraph test as suspected killer in 1979 cold case
After 45 years, authorities in California were finally able to tell the Gonzalez family who they believe killed their loved ...
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Cold case solved as DNA confirms killer called to report brutal murder of Esther Gonzalez
On February 9, 1979, a 17-year-old girl was attacked and killed while walking to her sister's house. 45 years later, police ...
DNA links 1979 rape, killing of teen to man who reported finding her body
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – A family of a 17-year-old girl who was raped and murdered more than 40 years ago may ...
Cold case solved: Rapist and killer from 1979 identified by DNA evidence
Authorities reported Gonzalez was attacked and murdered while walking from her parent's home to her sister's house in Banning ...
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DNA confirms man who had passed polygraph test as suspected killer in 1979 cold case
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the suspected killer, who turned out to be the same man who reported finding Esther Gonzalez’s body to ...
DNA links suspect to 1979 California cold case killing — decades after he passed lie detector test
A man who was cleared by a polygraph test for the rape and murder of a teenage girl in 1979 has now been identified as her killer with newfound using DNA evidence, authorities revealed.
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DNA links California man to 1979 cold case murder, years after passing lie detector
Riverside, California, cold case homicide investigators used DNA technology to link a man who passed a lie detector in connection to a 1979 murder, to the crime.