Arrest made in 1983 cold case murder in Montgomery County
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Arrest made in 1983 cold case murder in Montgomery County (KPRC)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – An arrest has been made in a decades-long cold case of a Houston woman who was found dead in 1983 in Montgomery County, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
On March 17, 1983, a deputy who was patrolling in the 4000 block of Interstate 45 near League Line Road investigated a fire burning in a wooded area east of his location, according to a release.
During the investigation, the deputy found the body of a woman that had been set on fire, who was later identified by fingerprint as Laura Marie Purchase, a missing person from Houston, according to a release. An autopsy revealed that Purchase was sexually assaulted and strangled. The autopsy also found traces of a man’s DNA.
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