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DNA evidence leads to arrest in killing of 2 Alabama teens
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3:25Now PlayingColey McCraney, 45, was linked to the 1999 murders of JB Beasley and Tracie Hawlett nearly 20 years later thanks to DNA evidence.
DNA links suspect to 1999 cold case murders of 2 Alabama teenage girls, police say
Alabama police have linked a suspect to the 1999 cold case murders of two 17-year-old girls using DNA and genetic genealogy.
Investigators identified Coley McCraney, of Dothan, Alabama, in the murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett as the case closed in on two decades without being solved, Ozark Police Chief Marlos Walker told ABC News.
The upcoming 20th anniversary, along with the April 2018 arrest of Golden State Killer suspect Joseph James DeAngelo, prompted the police department to send evidence from the crime scene to Parabon Labs, a Reston, Virginia, company that provides DNA phenotype services, Walker said.
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