DNA Identifies 1974 Remains That May Link to Serial Killer

DNA Identifies 1974 Remains That May Link to Serial Killer
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The Associated Press
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The remains of a teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology, and detectives believe she may have been slain by a police officer who was also a serial killer.

Susan Poole, 15, was a high school dropout whose family reported her missing just before Christmas in 1972. She had been living between the family’s home in a trailer park near Fort Lauderdale and with a friend in a nearby apartment, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Detective William Springer said during a news conference Thursday.