A discarded cigarette found near the body of a Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to a neighbor who they say strangled her, Vermont police said.
Decades-old DNA evidence and a commercial genealogy database helped police solve the 1971 murder of Rita Curran, Burlington’s oldest cold case, authorities said Tuesday. An.
Evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed school teacher Rita Curran in 1971.
“These decisions about libraries and athletics have caused such a loud response because they cut straight to the heart of student experience and community trust,” Hannah Miller, a professor at Northern Vermont University, told the crowd.