Detective Scott Marshall poses with some of the cold case files at the Battle Creek Creek Police Department on Nov. 3, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich. Police said they solved the murder of a Battle Creek woman more than 30 years later, after a newly discovered blood sample connected a man to the fatal stabbing. But no charges will be filed because Roger Plato was killed in 1988, three days before Gayle Barrus body was found by hunters in Calhoun County, prosecutor David Gilbert said. (Trace Christenson/Battle Creek Enquirer via AP) Friday, January 29, 2021 2:07 PM EST By The Associated Press, AP
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) Police said they solved the murder of a Battle Creek woman more than 30 years later, after a newly discovered blood sample connected a man to the fatal stabbing.
Trace Christenson/Battle Creek Enquirer via AP
Detective Scott Marshall poses with some of the cold case files at the Battle Creek Creek Police Department on Nov. 3, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Police said they solved the murder of a Battle Creek woman more than 30 years later, after a newly discovered blood sample connected a man to the fatal stabbing.
But no charges will be filed because Roger Plato was killed in 1988, three days before Gayle Barrus’ body was found by hunters in Calhoun County, prosecutor David Gilbert said.
Battle Creek Cold Case Murder Solved After More Than 32 Years
A Battle Creek Police Detective was finally able to give a Michigan family the answers they waited more than 32 years for.
The family of Gayle Barrus finally have the answers they ve waited decades for. After many failed attempts to identify the suspect, who left his DNA behind as evidence, Battle Creek Police Detective Scott Marshall was finally able to tell the family of Gayle Barrus that without a shadow of a doubt the murderer has been identified. Roger Plato, who had long been a suspect, was identified as the person who murdered the single mom.