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Florida police solve 35-year-old murder cold case with advances in DNA technology
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After Denise Marie Stafford was murdered at the age of 28 in Sarasota, Florida, the case went cold for decades despite investigators' best efforts at finding her killer.
"Everyone matters, or no one matters," Jeff Birdwell, who is assigned to the Sarasota Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, said at a press conference Wednesday, citing author Michael Connelly. "Truly, that’s the motto for us, is that regardless of how old these cases are, or regardless if the person who did it is alive, incarcerated, or dead, the answers are in the books, and if we put forth the effort and apply today’s science, we’ve got a chance to make a difference." Birdwell took another look at the case in March 2020, sending multiple pieces of evidence to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other agencies for testing.More Related News