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Discarded cigarette butt, DNA tests solve 52-year-old murder

Por: ABC News Nation February 26, 2023

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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her after having a fight with his wife, police said Tuesday. Burlington Police DNA evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed Rita Curran within a 70-minute window... + full article



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