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R.I. State Police crack 1980s cold case, thanks to forensic genealogy

Por: The Boston Globe Nation November 17, 2022

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EXETER, R.I. — A former military man from Indiana who’d been at the Naval Justice School in Newport has been charged with raping two girls at knifepoint in the woods of Exeter more than 35 years ago.Frank Joseph Thies, 66, of Terre Haute, was ordered held without bail during his arraignment at Washington County Superior Court on Thursday on charges of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree child molestation. If convicted, he could face... + full article



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