A Cold Case Went Unsolved for Years. Then Investigators Found a New DNA Lead

A 14-year-old Arlington, Texas, cold case has been solved after investigative genetic genealogy and advanced DNA technology led police to arrest 42-year-old Mayra Velasquez in the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez.
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