Killing of Ohio woman solved with DNA technology after 43 years
A man who was shot dead last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old Ohio woman in a case that had gone unsolved for 43 years,
DNA Solves Murder of 18-Year-Old Ohio Woman in 1981
An Ohio man has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old woman who was beaten to death with an oven grate in 1981. James Vanest, who was 26 at the time he lived upstairs from Debra Lee Miller in a Mansfield apartment building,
An Ohio woman was murdered in 1981. DNA technology helped solve the case 43 years later.
Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann said the cold case of Debra Lee Miller, a local waitress beaten to death with an oven grate in her apartment on April 29, 1981, was reopened in 2021 to account for advances in DNA technology and forensic investigative techniques.
The killing of an 18-year-old Ohio woman was solved with DNA technology after 43 years
Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann said the cold case of Debra Lee Miller, a local waitress beaten to death with an oven grate in her apartment on April 29, 1981, was reopened in 2021 to account ...
Ohio woman's 1981 murder solved with advanced DNA technology; fugitive suspect killed in shootout
The initial investigation of Debra Lee Miller's murder became mired in allegations of potential police misconduct.
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Fugitive fatally shot at N. Canton hotel in November was suspect in 1981 Mansfield homicide
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) — A 1981 homicide in Mansfield will be the subject of a press conference Monday afternoon. Mansfield ...
Suspect killed by police in shootout has now been linked by DNA to 1981 cold-case murder
Suspect killed by police in shootout has now been linked by DNA to 1981 cold-case murder - Debra Lee Miller, 18, was found ...
Man shot to death at Stark County motel linked to 1981 homicide in Mansfield
Mansfield police have solved a 43-year-old cold case homicide after the suspect was shot to death in Stark County.
Hundreds of homicides in Ohio remain unsolved; AG focuses on these cold cases
The announcement from Mansfield Police that they solved a decades-old cold case was a reminder there are still hundreds of ...
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Killer identified in 1981 cold case of woman's brutal homicide after police shootout in Ohio
A police shootout led authorities in Ohio to solve a cold case murder from 1981. Swat police and U.S. Marshals swarmed a motel room near North Canton last month. The man inside died after ...
Mansfield police solve 1981 cold case of woman killed with burner grate from gas stove
Vanest was fatally shot by authorities during a shoot-out at a Canton hotel Nov. 18; Vanest barricaded himself, pointed gun at U.S. Marshals, SWAT.