Evidence Found Behind Cracker Barrel Helps Solve 1985 Cold Case Murder
Recent reports detail the 2026 resolution of the 1985 cold case murder of John Christopher Warren, a traveling salesman killed in a Middletown, Ohio, hotel. Although the investigation stalled for decades, modern forensic technology eventually linked suspect Randy McAllister to the crime by re-examining evidence found 400 miles away in Georgia. These items, discarded behind a Cracker Barrel shortly after the homicide, provided the biological traces necessary for a DNA breakthrough in 2019. Now 62, McAllister faces aggravated murder charges for the robbery and strangulation that occurred over…
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