On the day of the slaying, the victim's daughter was 3 years old and was staying with her grandparents. The woman reached out about her mother's homicide case to police last year prompting a review.
DNA found underneath the fingernails of a woman who was raped and killed more than 42 years ago has led to the arrest of suspect in a 1980 cold case, police announced.
Sandra DiFelice, 25, was found dead Dec. 26, 1980, around 9:30 p.m. in the home she shared with a roommate, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason JohanssonThe home where officers found her body is several blocks from the police department's downtown command center., DNA collected from under her fingernails was tested using new technology after detectives revisited her case last year.
On Thursday, police arrested Paul Nuttall, 64, and charged him with murder, sexual assault and burglary, the release said.64-year-old Paul Nuttal was arrested for the 1980 murder of Sandra DiFelice. Sandra was 25 years old when she was killed in her home near Bonanza and 15th Street. Click here for more:
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