DNA from fork leads to arrest of Florida man 15 years after uncle killed in NYC
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A man in Florida has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the 2009 killing of his uncle in New York City after authorities say DNA collected from a discarded fork linked him to the crime.
Rosario Prestigiacomo, 64, was stabbed to death at his Queens home on Feb. 10, 2009, according to a news release from the Queens County District Attorney's Office. A neighbor heard a disturbance and called police, who found Prestigiacomo face down in a pool of blood. The investigation found that he had been stabbed 16 times in the face, neck, torso and extremities, and that he had blunt-force injuries as well.
Blood swabs were collected from the location, according to the district attorney, and the city's medical examiner used the material on them to create DNA profiles for the victim and an "additional unknown male." The second profile was entered into databases, but did not match any profiles currently in the system.
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