KXAN Austin
SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – Willie Roy Jenkins, 57, of California, was indicted Monday in a capital murder case in San Marcos that dates back to nearly 35 years ago, when 20-year-old Sheryl Norris was sexually assaulted and murdered in her apartment.
Daily Archives: November 22, 2010
DNA links rapist to cold murder case
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Posted in Cold Cases
Age Estimation from Blood Has Immediate Forensic Application
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Nov. 22, 2010) — Scientists have devised a method that would allow them to estimate the age of crime suspects or missing persons from blood collected at the scene of a crime.
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Posted in New ID Technologies
DNA break helped in rape cases
Dallas Morning News
The attacker entered the Far North Dallas home through an unlocked back door in the warm, early morning hours on a Sunday in September 1989.
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Posted in Cold Cases, Current Cases, Innocence Project
Inmate wants DNA tested in rape case
WXVT 15.com
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) – Prosecutors are opposing efforts by William Williams Jr., who was convicted in 1983 of raping Abbeville woman, to have his DNA be tested against evidence collected in the case.
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Posted in Current Cases, Innocence Project