DNA match leads to murder indictment in 2019 homicide in Orange County

30-year-old Gary Brumfield was indicted for first-degree murder for a 2019 homicide by an Orange County grand jury Wednesday.

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On July 13, 2019, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office discovered the body of Vera Jones, 58, in a home in the 4000 block of West Jackson Street.

The medical examiner determined the woman died from multiple skull fractures with contributing factors of multiple stab wounds.

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Deputies eventually developed Brumfield as a suspect, interviewed him and took his DNA.

On November 25, 2019, Brumfield’s DNA results came back and matched the DNA found at the scene, and he was arrested later that day.

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