DNA From a Cigarette Butt Leads to Arrest in a 25-Year-Old Murder Case

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4/16/2019|Updated: 4/16/2019

An Idaho man pleaded guilty to a 1992 murder case on April 12 after DNA from a cigarette butt linked him to another unsolved murder case.

Lee Miller, 54, was arrested on Jan. 2 based on DNA evidence that linked him to the murder of his 57-year-old friend Marilyn Hickey, said the Boise Police Department in a statement.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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