Mistrial Declared After Report That Girl Killed in 1986 Had Been Placed in Used Body Bag

Mistrial Declared After Report That Girl Killed in 1986 Had Been Placed in Used Body Bag
Marc Karun is arraigned in Norwalk Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn., on June 17, 2019. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP
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An 11-year-old Connecticut girl who was raped and killed in 1986 was reportedly placed in a used body bag at the time, a new allegation that led to a mistrial in a murder case Monday over concerns about evidence contamination.

Marc Karun was on trial on murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the killing of Kathleen Flynn, a sixth grader who was attacked walking home from her middle school in Norwalk. Karun, now 60, once lived in Norwalk and was arrested in 2019 at his home in Stetson, Maine.