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A man who passed a lie detector test in 1979 clearing him in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl was identified as her suspected killer, authorities announced Wednesday. The body of Esther Gonzalez was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, California, on Feb. 10, 1979, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
'He agreed and passed which, at the time, cleared him of any wrongdoing.' the district attorney's office said. Detectives continued to investigate the case for years and uploaded a semen sample taken from the crime scene into the Combined DNA Index System . 'In 2023, members of the cold case homicide team sent various items of evidence to Othram, Inc.
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