North Richland Hills Police Solve 19-Year-Old Cold Case With DNA Testing Technology |
"While it's inconsequential to any prosecution that won't take place now, 19 years, one month, and nine days later I identified Mark Long in a photo lineup,” Garner said. “I never forgot his face."The suspect got away and the case went cold until detective Erik Whitlock took the case. He used new resources through DNA testing and genealogy examinations that identified the suspect from Oklahoma.
"On December 14, 2021, we were notified that this individual Mark Alan Long was believed to be the suspect associated with the DNA profiles found at three of the bank robberies at Oklahoma City and Arlington," North Richland Hills Police detective Erik Whitlock said.Along with DNA, the investigation found Long's truck had tailgate damage from Garner firing back.Mark Alan Long kept the gun used in the bank robberies and used to shoot Garner in 2003.
"That weapon being found in context to him leaving it out in the interview as a weapon he owned got a lot of us excited,” Whitlock said. “That 19 years later he did actually keep the weapon he used in multiple bank robberies and to shoot officer Garner.", authorities said Wednesday. Authorities say that while they believe he killed himself, a medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
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