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DNA From Water Bottle Leads to Arrest in Decades-Old Murder Case
Original: DNA From Water Bottle Leads to Arrest in Decades-Old Murder Case https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/rhode-island-cold
Police in Rhode Island have made an arrest in a decades-old murder case after matching DNA from a water bottle to evidence from the crime scene, according to a New York Times report. The development highlights how advances in forensic DNA testing continue to revive long-dormant cold cases across the United States.
Why now: Advances in forensic DNA technology solving a decades-old cold case are drawing renewed attention to the case and to modern crime-solving methods.
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- DNA From Water Bottle Leads to Arrest in Decades-Old Murder Case https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/rhode-island-cold-case-arrest.html # TrueCrime # Forensics # USNews · nyt_us@robot.villas · 2
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