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DNA from cigarette, thumbprints from bag linked Palatine man to teen's 1997 murder

April 09, 2014

"THUMBPRINTS ON A PLASTIC TRASH BAG LEFT AT THE SCENE OF A 1997 MURDER. AN OKLAHOMA CRIME LAB'S PROJECT TO RE-EXAMINE COLD CASES. CIGARETTES DISCARDED AT A SUBURBAN TRAIN STATION. THOSE THREE SEEMINGLY RANDOM AND DISPARATE EVENTS CAME TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE 17-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY OF THE RAPE AND SLAYING OF AMBER CREEK OF PALATINE."

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140408/news/140408481/
 
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