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Thumbprint On Cigarette Carton Leads To Arrest In 1977 Death Of Young Woman
Willie Eugene Sims was arrested in Jefferson, Ohio, in connection with the death of Jeanette Ralston in San Jose, California, ...
Murder leaves a print: Fingerprint on cigarette pack cracks 48-year-old California case
A 48-year-old cold case in California has been solved after a thumbprint on a cigarette pack matched a suspect through the ...
Thumbprint on cigarette packet leads to arrest 50 years after woman strangled to death
Nearly half a century after a young woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a packet of cigarettes has ...
California 1977 cold-case murder suspect identified as 69-year-old former Army private living in Ohio
Prosecutors in California used new fingerprint and DNA evidence to arrest Willie Sims in connection to the 1977 killing of ...
A Murder, a Cigarette, and a 50-Year Mystery: Cops Think They've Cracked Woman's Slaying Inside Volkswagen Beetle
Nearly 50 years after 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston was found strangled in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle, an Ohio man ...
Thumbprint on Cigarette Carton Cracks a 48-Year-Old California Murder Case
A young mother told friends that she’d be “back in 10 minutes.” She never returned, and the police in San Jose have now ...
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How a single fingerprint on a cigarette from 1977 was the key to cracking shocking cold case murder
Willie Eugene Sims, 69, of Ohio, was taken into custody this week and charged with murder in the January 1977 slaying of 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston, Santa Clara county prosecutors announced Tuesday.