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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Cold case murder of Florida nurse is cracked after more than three decades

Polk County Sheriff’s Office

After 37 years of being left in the dark over who “viciously murdered” Teresa Lee Scalf, her family finally learned her alleged killer’s identity thanks to evolving DNA technology.

Scalf, a 29-year-old nurse from Lakeland, Florida, was the target of a “sexually motivated” attack which ended in her death on 27 October 1986.

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