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A man who died of a drug overdose after racking up arrests for
assault and attempted murder and other crimes has been linked to
a decades-old California cold case murder through DNA and
genetic genealogy.

Vallejo police said they identified Naomi Sanders’ killer on
Thursday -- the exact day her body was found 47 years ago.

Sanders was 57 at the time of the 1973 murder and managed the
apartment complex where she lived. She lived alone and was raped
and strangled in her apartment.

Police said in a news release the man who killed her was Robert
Dale Edwards, who was 22 at the time. His father worked with
Sanders.

Police said Edwards was identified after DNA from the crime
scene was uploaded to GEDMatch, a public genealogy website by
Parabon NanoLabs, which conducts genealogy research.

The crime scene DNA was recovered after forensic testing in 2014
on clothing Sanders was wearing when she was killed, they said.
There were no matches when the DNA profile was entered into the
FBI's DNA database of convicted criminals.

DNA collected from a man who was Edward’s biological son
confirmed the match, police said.

“The question that had gone unanswered for over 46 years was now
answered,” police said in a news release.

Edwards died of a drug overdose in Napa County in 1993.

His criminal history also included DUI, domestic violence and
theft in addition to attempted murder and assault, police said.

During its research, Parabon came up with the name of another
person who was ruled out as a suspect when police went to
Louisiana and obtained his DNA.

Two nieces of Sanders, Sharron and Dixie Kadinger, thanked
police in a statement for bringing the family closure.

"May Naomi now rest in peace," they said.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-police-solve-47-year-old- cold-case-murder-dna

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