Neighbors of NYC mom and daughter murdered in 1994 hail long-awaited arrest in cold case
“I’m happy they got him,” one longtime tenant of the Grant Houses public housing complex in Harlem told The Post of suspect Larry Atkinson, who was charged with the slayings Monday after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to the chilling crime.
“I didn’t think it was going to be solved because it happened so long ago, but they did it,” she added.Sarah Roberts and her daughter Sharon were found strangled to death in their Harlem apartment on Feb. 20, 1994.It took some 28 years, however, for the cops to finally arrest their suspect after an NYPD cold case detective re-tested DNA found at the scene — including from cigarette butts and fingernail clippings.
“I think about it all the time,” Crowell said. “It bothered me because I live right below them. I used to see her going out and coming in with her daughter. It was always the two of them.
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