"The person in question had no alibi for the night of the murder and had failed two polygraph tests, according to police records. And it was written right there in the files: The suspect had confirmed, in a police interview, that they were glad the victim was dead."
"We were pretty confident this was something that needed to be investigated right away,"
Undergraduates in a forensic assessment class at the University of Texas at Arlington reviewed cold case files, including a murder with no arrests. Student Jacey Concannon and her peers discovered a potential suspect who had no alibi and failed polygraph tests. The suspect's statements indicated a lack of remorse for the victim's death. The students felt confident that their findings warranted further investigation, potentially solving a case that had remained cold for over 30 years.
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