Police Say DNA Technology Has Identified the Killer in the Unsolved Death of a Woman in 1981

Police Say DNA Technology Has Identified the Killer in the Unsolved Death of a Woman in 1981
Ronney James Lee in a police booking photo. N.H. Attorney General's office photo via AP
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CONCORD, N.H.—More than four decades after a young New Hampshire woman was killed, law enforcement officials have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, the state attorney general said Thursday.

But solving the case doesn’t bring with it the satisfaction of seeing justice: The man responsible for killing 23-year-old Laura Kempton died from an overdose in 2005, Attorney General John Formella said.