1984 Cold Case Solved After DNA Testing
SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 22 – Advanced DNA and forensic genealogy identified Schmidt as the suspect in the 1984 murder and sexual assault after more than 40 years, authorities said.
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The 19-year-old sister student Maria is strangled in a dormitory in Aschaffenburg in July 1984. The alleged perpetrator flees abroad. After decades there is now an arrest in Turkey.
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A breakthrough in a decades-old case has led to the arrest of Roger Neil Schmidt Sr. for the murder of Terrance Arndt, 18, and the sexual assault of an 18-year-old female in 1984. According to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, advanced DNA techniques helped identify Schmidt as the suspect this year.
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