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Cold Case Solved: DNA Links Ware County Man to 1984 Murder of Young Woman, GBI Says

DNA testing helped solve the decades-old case, and Freddie Lee Granger Jr. was charged with rape, aggravated assault and murder.

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More than four decades after a young woman was found strangled beside a Waycross home, investigators say they have their man.

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DNA testing leads to arrest of Ware County man in 1984 rape, murder of 22-year-old

Her case remained unsolved for over 40 years, until continued DNA testing reportedly linked a Ware County man to the attack

·Savannah, United States
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Cold case solved: DNA links Ware County man to 1984 murder of young woman, GBI says

More than four decades after a young woman was found strangled beside a Waycross home, investigators say they have their man.

·Jacksonville, United States
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GBI announces arrest more than 40 years after Waycross woman found strangled

Georgia investigators say they have arrested a man in the 1984 rape and killing of Sandra Kaye Davis, a case that remained unsolved for more than four decades.

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Man arrested for 1984 rape and murder of Ware County woman: GBI

22-year-old Sandra Kaye Davis was assaulted and strangled to death in Waycross in 1984. 41 years later, a suspect has been arrested.

·Jacksonville, United States
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