Police say DNA links man to 1994 Chicago slaying
Cold case detectives in Chicago have used DNA evidence to identify and arrest a suspect in a 20-year-old murder case.
The Chicago Police Department says in a news release that 45-year-old David Ramirez-Martinez, of Boulder, Colorado, was arrested Thursday.
He is accused of stabbing a 39-year-old woman in May 1994. The victim was found in her home in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood.
The police statement says detectives linked Ramirez-Martinez to the killing through a DNA match.
He's charged with first-degree murder and was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing Saturday in Chicago.
It was not immediately clear whether he already had an attorney.
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