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    A discarded coffee cup may have just helped crack this decades-old murder case

    David Sinopoli was charged Sunday in the 1975 killing of Lindy Sue Biechler. Investigators chased down leads for decades, but it wasn't until advanced DNA analysis was done that he became a suspect.
    by Wynne Davis Jul 20, 2022 2 minutes
    David Sinopoli was arrested Sunday and charged in the 1975 killing of Lindy Sue Biechler. Police used a discarded coffee cup to compare Sinopoli's DNA with another sample collected at the crime scene decades ago.

    The oldest homicide cold case in Lancaster County, Pa., is one step closer to being solved thanks to a coffee cup.

    David Sinopoli, 68, was arrested Sunday morning and charged in the 1975 murder of 19-year-old Lindy Sue Biechler, who was stabbed to deathin her own home. For decades investigators had chased down leads, but it wasn't until they used advanced

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