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74-year-old Spokane man arrested in 1986 cold case murder
Original: 74-year-old Spokane man arrested on suspicion of murder in 1986 cold case
Police in Spokane, Washington have arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of murder in connection with a killing from 1986. The arrest comes decades after the original case went cold, and local coverage from the Spokesman-Review is drawing attention to how investigators finally identified a suspect after nearly 40 years.
Why now: An arrest made nearly four decades after the crime is rare and draws attention to advances in cold case investigations.
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- 74-year-old Spokane man arrested on suspicion of murder in 1986 cold case · The Spokesman-Review
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