DNA leads to charges in 1983 Minneapolis cold case rape, murder

DNA leads to charges in 1983 Minneapolis cold case rape, murder

DNA testing helped develop a profile of the suspect September 13, 2017(KMSP) – A St. Louis Park man has been charged with second degree murder after DNA evidence connected him to a 1983 rape and murder case.62-year-old Darrell Bruce Rea faces 40 years in...
Cook Co. sheriff IDs another victim of John Wayne Gacy

Cook Co. sheriff IDs another victim of John Wayne Gacy

Decades after John Wayne Gacy killed the last of his 33 victims and was executed by the state, authorities have kept the serial killer’s possessions and DNA of six unidentified victims under tight security July 21, 2017Decades after John Wayne Gacy killed the...
Sibley County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Drug Possession

Sibley County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Drug Possession

Deputies are checking to determine if the medication Ruehling allegedly took from the office came from the evidence room, from the prescription medication drop-off box at the sheriff’s office or from some other source. June 26, 2017A veteran Sibley County...
How cops say they cracked woman’s 1987 St. Paul strangulation

How cops say they cracked woman’s 1987 St. Paul strangulation

The 30-year-old cold case, which led to the filing of charges against Withers on Thursday, was solved after additional DNA testing of the fingernails of the victim, March 16, 2017In 1987, several days after pleading guilty to a string of burglaries in St. Paul’s...