DNA solves "decades-old mystery" in murder of New Jersey woman whose body was found in 1995 by Boy Scout troop leader
CBSN
Authorities say DNA evidence has proven that a man who died in prison several years ago was responsible for the 1984 murder of a 19-year-old woman whose body wasn't found for more than a decade after she disappeared from her family home in New Jersey. The state's attorney general said the case was finally cracked when investigators took a "fresh look at this decades-old mystery."
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Mercer County prosecutor's office last week announced what they called "the conclusive identification" of Nathaniel Harvey, formerly of East Windsor, as the person responsible for the sexual assault and murder of Donna Macho.
Macho, 19, went missing from the East Windsor home where she resided with her parents and sisters on or about Feb. 26, 1984. A Boy Scout troop leader found her skeletal remains in a wooded area in Cranbury on April 2, 1995, and her identity was confirmed by dental records.
