Garland police crediting DNA genealogy for helping solve a nearly four-decades-old murder case.
“There were things that came out that made us kind of suspect that it was the husband and the brother,” Dunderman said Friday.
Det. Shupe says in recent years, Garland PD was able to submit remaining blood samples collected outside the home for DNA genealogy typing. Shupe says the results provide enough probable cause for a New Mexico judge to sign an arrest warrant.Canales, 85, is the brother-in-law of Barbara Villareal.According to Shupe, Canales admitted his involvement in her murder saying he was angry with Villareal over a prior dispute.
"We’re happy that there’s closure, that we’re working towards closure,” Dunderman said. “It doesn’t reverse any of the pain that she suffered at the end of her life and the void that we all have and have had for nearly 40 years.”
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