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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Manuel Demegillo

DNA from Cigarette Solves California Murder Case, Identifies Teenager's Killer 44 Years Later

A photo of Sarah Geer wearing a flower lei headband and smiling at a camera. (Credit: Sonoma County District Attorney's Office)

James Unick was found guilty in the 1982 killing of Sarah Geer after crime scene DNA matched samples from a cigarette butt.

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