The Vanilla Coke Cold Case
The episode details the successful resolution of a forty-year-old cold case involving the 1981 murder of Sylvia Quayle in Colorado. After traditional investigation methods and a false confession failed to produce a suspect, law enforcement utilized genetic genealogy and private partnerships to identify David Anderson as the killer. Detectives confirmed his identity by recovering a discarded soda can from his trash to match his DNA with evidence found at the original crime scene. Although his first trial ended in a mistrial, a second jury found him guilty of murder, resulting in a life…
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