Mark Elder, 47 is behind bars after DNA from his half-smoked marijuana cigarette matches DNA from a 17-year-old San Diego murder case.
Posted on 08/10/2005 5:29:57 PM PDT by freepatriot32
SAN DIEGO -- A half-smoked marijuana cigarette was used to link a man to the slaying of a San Diego woman 17 years ago, NBC 7/39 reported Monday
Mark Elder, 47, was arrested in Florida Friday after a police officer noticed that Elder matched a description sent out on a nationwide alert. The alert was issued after DNA from the 1988 San Diego murder case was matched to two rape cases in Florida.
Saliva from Elder's joint was tested at a lab in San Diego. It matched DNA found at the scene the apartment where Janet Moore, 27, was killed in 1988. Police said the case is an example of smart police work combined with 21st-century technology.
"We'll probably see an increase in the number of cold cases," said Lt. Mike Hurley, of the San Diego Police Department. "As the number of DNA profiles that are put in every year increases, we expect to see even more matches to unsolved cases."
San Diego authorities are in Florida trying to arrange the extradition of Elder to face charges.
Mark Elder, 47 is behind bars after DNA from his half-smoked marijuana cigarette matches DNA from a 17-year-old San Diego murder case.
I guess he should have finished the joint?
He was smoking a joint? That's outrageous! Hang 'em high!
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Lesson? Always finish one's joint.
Who smokes half a joint?
Quitter.
This guy's a really sloppy smoker...
So a joint is gonna put him in the joint? I hope he doesn't get out of joint over this.
LMAO
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The lesson here is: (music please) "Don't Bogart that joint my friend."
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