Kenneth Eugene Troyer,
Posted on 01/31/2017 12:12:20 PM PST by Red Badger
Authorities say familial DNA was used to solve the 1976 killing of the ex-wife of The Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Monday that investigators blame Kenneth Eugene Troyer for the slaying. Karen Klaas was strangled with her pantyhose in her home.
Investigators say they collected a DNA sample from the coroner and matched it to forensic evidence from the crime scene.
McDonnell says investigators ran a forensic sample collected at the crime scene through a state database and found a familial match to identify a close male relative of Troyer’s.
Police in California killed Troyer in 1982. Authorities say he was suspected of several other sexual assaults.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Klaas, 32, dropped off her 4-year-old child by her new husband at day care on Jan. 30, 1976, and went to her home in Hermosa Beach.
Neighbors became concerned when they could not contact her, and notified authorities.
Klaas was found dead inside her home. She had been strangled, beaten and raped.
A man was seen leaving her home around the time of her murder, but the killer was never found.
She lost that Living Feeling.
Yeah but Life is just a one night stand.
DNA is unreliable after a certain amount of time.
Apparently not in this case.................
Well, I’m not so sure .. there are a bunch of new tests they have been using with remarkable results.
One TV show had a program regarding it, and when the program was over, they had a statement that new processes were available today .. that made it possible to extract DNA from really degraded samples being held for years and years.
I have no idea if that’s true .. but I sure hope it is.
We can get usable DNA from ancient Egyptian mummies, so while you are correct, the time frame is very long for well preserved samples.
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