Investigators used a bitten piece of a Styrofoam cup and a discarded cigarette to identify who they believe was the trigger man in a 2012 Pennsylvania cold case.
Vallis L. Slaughter, 39, is charged with first-degree murder in the March 2012 shooting death of 34-year-old Julio Torres outside the West Reading Diner. Investigators believe Slaughter shot and killed Torres after he and Jomaine Case, who was 22-years-old at the time, were involved in an argument with the victim. Case was arrested and charged after investigators matched his DNA to a bitten piece of a Styrofoam cup they found at the crime scene.
Nearly 12 years later, investigators reexamined the cold case and discovered a cell phone picture of Slaughter taken by a friend on the night of the murder.Authorities used facial recognition software to help them identify Vallis L. Slaughter, a Brooklyn native, as the person responsible for shooting Torres to death.
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