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    Police solve 1964 rape and murder of girl with help of DNA and a student

    New technology and the help of a volunteer college student help solve what is believed to be the fourth-oldest cold case in the U.S. using genetic genealogy.
    by The Associated Press Feb 10, 2022 2 minutes

    HAZLETON, Pa. — DNA and a 20-year-old genealogy expert helped state police identify the man who abducted, raped and murdered a young girl in a case that rattled a Pennsylvania coal town nearly six decades ago, officials announced on Thursday.

    State police exhumed the long-dead assailant's body last month and said his DNA precisely matched DNA left on the jacket of the victim, 9-year-old Marise Ann

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