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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver O'Connell

Arrest made after cold case breakthrough in 1974 murder of two high school students

Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Almost fifty years after two high school students were murdered in Oregon, police were able to identify and arrest a suspect based on evidence from another killing.

Steven Paul Criss, 65, is charged with murdering 18-year-old Peter Zito and 16-year-old Donald Bartron in 1974, according to The Oregonian.

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