Advances in forensic science technology led to the arrest of John Kevin Woodward, suspected of strangling Laurie Houts to death 30 years ago in Mountain View.
A 1992 cold case in which a 25-year-old woman was strangled to death in Mountain View has now led to a re-arrest of a prime suspect who was already tried twice for the crime, and the suspect is a Bay Area tech CEO who has been living abroad.