Alaska's cold case murder of Sophie Sergie: Audio of Maine suspect played at trial
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University of Alaska student Sophie Sergie was found with multiple injuries and a gunshot wound in a bathroom of a dorm at Fairbanks in 1993. It was not until 2018 that police identified Steven H. Downs, 47 of Auburn, Maine, as a potential suspect.
Downs can be heard in the recordings made by Maine police in 2019 denying that he knew Sergie and saying "there has to be a mistake," the Sun Journal reported.
Downs was identified as a suspect when a relative uploaded a DNA sample to a genealogy website, which was matched with DNA from the crime. Alaska State Trooper Randel McPherron testified that police then learned Downs had lived in the dorm.
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