Investigators in Yavapai County, Arizona, say that Cathy Sposito was murdered 36 years ago by Bryan Scott Bennett along a hiking trail.
The suspected killer of a 23-year-old college student on a hiking trailhas been identified decades after the brutal murder thanks to developments in DNA technology, authorities said Friday.
Since DNA analysis was not being used at the time of Sposito’s murder, authorities were unable to identify the suspected killer. But 36 years later, investigators now have a name. "Cathy Sposito, I am saying today with high confidence today, was murdered by Bryan Scott Bennett," Rhodes said.
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