CO - Tangie Sims, 25, stabbed to death, Aurora, 24 Oct 1996 *Killer died, ID in 2020*

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Here are details of the latest case where investigative genetic genealogy has identified a suspect in this serious and terrible crime:

AURORA, Colo. – Tangie Sims was found stabbed to death in an alley in Aurora on Oct. 24, 1996. More than 23 years later, investigators have named the suspected killer in the cold case.

Aurora police on Wednesday announced that Wesley Backman, a truck driver who died in 2008 at the age of 53, was identified as the suspect through advancements in DNA testing, genealogical research, a relatively new technique for investigators that uses ancestry databases to identify relatives of suspected killers.

Aurora police crack cold case murder from 1996

 

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