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Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Leads to Arrest in 1977 Death of US Woman
Asharq Al Awsat Nearly half a century after a young California woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes has led to an arrest.Willie Eugene Sims was arrested ...
Thumbprint on cigarette carton leads to arrest in 1977 death of young woman
Nearly half a century after a young California woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of ...
Thumbprint on cigarette carton leads to arrest in 1977 death of young woman, prosecutors say
Ralston was found dead in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle on Feb. 1, 1977, in San Jose, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Her body was found in the carport area of ...
A Murder, a Cigarette, and a 50-Year Mystery: Cops Think They've Cracked Woman's Slaying Inside Volkswagen Beetle
Nearly 50 years after 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston was found strangled in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle, an Ohio man ...
Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks a 48-Year-Old California Murder Case
A young mother told friends that she’d be “back in 10 minutes.” She never returned, and the police in San Jose have now ...
Her murder case lay cold for 48 years. Then a thumbprint on a cigarette carton finally got a hit
The victim was found in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle in the parking lot of an apartment complex she didn’t live in, a few minutes away from a bar where her friends had last seen her alive on ...
How a single fingerprint on a cigarette from 1977 was the key to cracking shocking cold case murder
Willie Eugene Sims, 69, of Ohio, was taken into custody this week and was charged with the cold case murder of 24-year-old ...
California 1977 cold-case murder suspect identified as 69-year-old former Army private living in Ohio
Prosecutors in California used new fingerprint and DNA evidence to arrest Willie Sims in connection to the 1977 killing of ...