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DNA breakthrough solves 44-year-old cold case of Dorothy Silzel's murder
KENT, Wash. (KOMO) — The 44-year-old murder cold case of Dorothy “Dottie” Silzel was recently solved by the Kent Police Department through DNA forensic work. Kenneth Kundert, 65, from Clinton, Arkansas, was arrested for first-degree murder in the case. On Feb. 23, 1980, 30-year-old Silzel was last...
The Seattle Times reports that DNA evidence from a cigarette helped authorities apprehend Kenneth Kundert, a 65-year-old man from Clinton
The Seattle Times reports that DNA evidence from a cigarette helped authorities apprehend Kenneth Kundert, a 65-year-old man from Clinton, Arkansas, in a decades-old case. Kundert was arrested last Tuesday in connection with the 1980 murder of Dorothy Silzel, who was 30 years old at the time of her death in Kent, Washington. Kundert’s bail has been set at $3 million. Silzel was last seen leaving a local restaurant, and her body was discovered in her condominium on February 26, 1980. According to The Times, a DNA match from a cigarette butt was linked to DNA found on Silzel’s body.
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