Post by Admin Horan on Mar 27, 2020 20:27:12 GMT -6
Law enforcement in Palo Alto announced in the summer of 2018 that they had "closed" the case, because "trace" DNA recovered from a semen stain on Arlis's jeans matched long-time suspect, Steven Crawford, the security guard who reported finding her body. But, Crawford (and Arlis's husband, Bruce Perry) had been cleared in 1974 because their blood types and palm prints did not match semen stains and palm prints on the candle used to sexually assault Arlis. So, it's clear from the physical evidence that AT LEAST one other man was involved in her murder. Who was it?
Ain't that something. Kind of reminiscent of how, in the Golden State Killer case, Contra Costa County initially had their DNA fail to match the DNA held by Orange County, then a subsequent test found a match.