New Technology Catches Killer

Daryl T. Dixon

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The murder of two women more than thirty-years ago has been solved by a bit of new technology.

The murderer, already dead by natural causes on death row, was connected to the women by mini STR DNA profiling. It is able to detect DNA in old and small samples.

By taking blood from victim Theresa Clark, and skin cells from beneath the nails of the other victim, Kathleen McSharry, detectives were able to rightfully say that the murders were the work of John Paul Phillips.