"The man accused and convicted of committing a decades-old murder was sentenced to 25 years to life Wednedsay morning.
Prentice Foreman, 61, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawn Koons, 18 — a 40-year-old case that was solved with new DNA technology. Koons' murder was one of Kern County's coldest cases...
In 1979, Foreman used a telephone cord to restrain Koons’ hands. Koons was raped. She was found dead in her bathtub, naked, with a pillowcase tied to her head with a telephone cord. Numerous bruises were imprinted into her skin, Pearl told jurors Monday during her closing arguments...
Due to the limitations of DNA technology at the time, law enforcement wasn’t able to connect Foreman to Koons’ murder until the Bakersfield Police Department’s cold case unit was able to retest DNA from the case using new technology. DNA evidence surfaced from sperm collected from the victim in 2017, identifying Foreman. He was arrested in December 2017."
Prentice Foreman sentenced to 25 to life for 'brutal, calculated' 1979 murder
Puzzling this was never discussed at Websleuths.
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Prentice Foreman, 61, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawn Koons, 18 — a 40-year-old case that was solved with new DNA technology. Koons' murder was one of Kern County's coldest cases...
In 1979, Foreman used a telephone cord to restrain Koons’ hands. Koons was raped. She was found dead in her bathtub, naked, with a pillowcase tied to her head with a telephone cord. Numerous bruises were imprinted into her skin, Pearl told jurors Monday during her closing arguments...
Due to the limitations of DNA technology at the time, law enforcement wasn’t able to connect Foreman to Koons’ murder until the Bakersfield Police Department’s cold case unit was able to retest DNA from the case using new technology. DNA evidence surfaced from sperm collected from the victim in 2017, identifying Foreman. He was arrested in December 2017."
Prentice Foreman sentenced to 25 to life for 'brutal, calculated' 1979 murder
Puzzling this was never discussed at Websleuths.
Photo:
Olivia LaVoice KGET 17 News
