DNA links Mantua Township man to cold case murders of 2 Camden County women

Today’s audio update: Decades-old cold case solved, N.J. lifting restrictions on nuclear power

Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting the state lifting its longstanding restrictions on nuclear power.We’ll also tell you about how detectives in Camden County solved a cold case from the 1990s involving the murders of two young women and a congressman’s attempt to take action against toll evaders.

DNA Evidence Identifies Suspect in Decades-Old Cold Case New Jersey Murders

A breakthrough in DNA testing connects one man to two killings more than 30 years laterMarebeth Welsh, 24 (left); Jennifer Persia, 16 (right)Credit: Camden CountyNEED TO KNOWDNA evidence has identified Francis T. Schooley as the suspect in the 1993 and 1994 killings of Marebeth Welsh and Jennifer Persia, prosecutors saidInvestigators linked the cases decades later using advances in DNA testing and genetic genealogyAuthorities say Schooley, who d…

Decades-old South Jersey murders linked by new DNA testing; suspect identified

The cases involve the killings of Marebeth Welsh in 1993 and Jennifer Persia in 1994. Authorities said advances in investigative genetic genealogy connected the crimes and pointed to the same individual as the suspect.

DNA links man to two cold case murders in South Jersey

Francis Schooley died in 2000, but his DNA was found at both crime scenes crime cold-case south-jersey camden-county-prosecutors-office camden-county

Scenes from presser IDing likely murderer of 2 South Jersey women

Investigators said DNA evidence connects Francis Schooley, who died in 2000, to a pair of Camden County murders.

Detectives use DNA to ID suspect in cold case murders of NJ teen, woman

DNA evidence has led to investigators identifying a New Jersey man as the suspect responsible for the murder of two young women in the 1990s.