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Suspect in 1977 San Jose murder identified with fingerprint on a pack of cigarettes
An Ohio man has been arrested in connection with a 1970s murder case after San Jose police investigators say his fingerprint ...
DNA found on cigarette carton leads to major break in 1977 San Jose cold case murder
In 1977, 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston was found strangled to death in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle. The San Mateo ...
Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks a 48-Year-Old California Murder Case
A young mother told friends that she’d be “back in 10 minutes.” She never returned, and the police in San Jose have now ...
DA: Pack of cigarettes, DNA match solve woman’s 1977 strangling near San Jose bar
Willie Eugene Sims will be extradited from Ohio nearly five decades after the death of 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston, ...
Thumbprint on cigarette carton leads to arrest in 1977 death of young woman
Ralston was found dead in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle on Feb. 1, 1977, in San Jose, according to the Santa Clara ...
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Thumbprint on cigarette carton leads to arrest in 1977 death of young woman
officials from the District Attorney’s office and San Jose police went to Ohio to collect DNA from Sims. Prosecutors say it matched the DNA found on Ralston’s fingernails and the shirt used to ...