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Cigarette Helps Police Find, Arrest Suspect in Decades-Old Child Rape Cases

Police announced that a cigarette butt and genetic genealogy technology led law enforcement to a suspect

A cigarette butt helped crack a nearly 25-year-old case in Kansas, authorities said this week.
On Tuesday, Dec. 30, police in Lawrence, Kan., held a press conference to announce that DNA found on a single cigarette butt led to an arrest in two child … [2815 chars]

Source: People.com | Published: 2026-01-01T21:27:08Z

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