44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas

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44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas
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Dorothy Marie Silzel was assaulted and killed in February 1980.

New DNA recovered from a cigarette has helped police in Washington state make an arrest in a decades-old cold case , authorties said this week. Dorothy Marie Silzel was last seen alive on Feb. 23, 1980, in Kent, Washington , the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office said on social media. She was found dead in her condo three days later after a welfare check was requested.

Police also found that he had a family member who had lived near Silzel at the time of her murder, and he had misdemeanor convictions in King County throughout the 80s and 90s, according to the Seattle Times.

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