Sanford police use DNA evidence to make arrest 24 years after woman’s murder

It’s been more than 24 years since a woman’s body was found in Sanford.

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Now all this time later, police said they have her killer in custody.

Police said the suspect, Gray Durrance, was tracked down in the woods in Orange City.

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Investigators said Durrance was the boyfriend of the victim and one of a few suspects until last month.

The victim is Sherry Holtz, and she was last seen alive in December of 1999, leaving a bar with a couple of patrons.

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Her body was later found in the woods off of 17-92 near the intersection with the 417 offramps.

Police said she was strangled, sexually assaulted and her throat was cut.

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Investigators found a knife at the scene that had too little DNA to test at the time.

Police say they sent it for a new test and it came back to Durrance.

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