In 1980 an unknown male murdered a young woman in her Washington condo. The only evidence left behind was a microscopic amount of the killer’s DNA. 44 years later investigators would get a match.

THIS TUESDAY police arrested the man responsible for a decades-long cold case!! 

Let’s Mourn…

Breen, K. (n.d.). 44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dorothy-silzel-1980-murder-solved-dna-kenneth-kundert-arrested/

Green, S. J. (2024, August 26). A Boeing Instructor was killed 44 years ago. A suspect was just charged in her murder. The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/forensic-genealogy-leads-to-murder-charge-in-1980-kent-cold-case/

Moore, E. (2024, August 28). Donnie Brantley’s mysterious involvement in wife marsha’s 2009 disappearance raises suspicions in Cleveland, Tennessee. Donnie Brantley’s Mysterious Involvement in Wife Marsha’s 2009 Disappearance Raises Suspicions in Cleveland, Tennessee. https://cadresandiego.org/local/donnie-brantleys-mysterious-involvement-in-wife-marshas-2009-disappearance-raises-suspicions-in-cleveland-tennessee/