Investigators in Pennsylvania identified a suspect in an unsolved slaying through DNA obtained from a discarded cigarette butt and a bitten-off piece of a styrofoam cup, authorities said Monday. Vallis Slaughter, 39, was arrested last week in connection with the fatal 2012 shooting of Julio Torres, 34, in a diner parking lot in West Reading,… Continue reading DNA from cigarette butt, styrofoam cup lead to arrest in unsolved Pennsylvania slaying
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Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant sentenced to life in estranged wife’s slaying
A former contestant on television’s “Family Feud” was sentenced by an Illinois judge to natural life behind bars for the fatal shooting early this year of his estranged wife. In May, Timothy Bliefnick was convicted of first-degree murder and home invasion in the Feb. 23 attack in Quincy. On Friday, Judge Robert Adrian sentenced the… Continue reading Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant sentenced to life in estranged wife’s slaying