Las Vegas police announced on Monday that they have solved the 1979 abduction, rape and killing of a 16-year-old girl by using advances in DNA technology.
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Murder weapons are in this vault, and the belongings of the murdered, too. The bottle of sangria found at the scene of a sexual assault is safely stored near the swingset that crushed a boy’s skull, leading to a $20 million civil judgment.
Scott Bradford Yates, 33, wrote to the youth saying “be careful if you feel they under covers” and “don’t talk about sex ever only spending time,” police said in his arrest report.
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