Police say they have solved a 1980 cold-case murder — after the first suspect wrongly spent 20 years in prison
More than that 40 years later A woman was stabbed 30 times in her house and was killed, the police say they described a suspect.
The announcement comes after serving behind the railings to kill another man wrongly.
This week, the Middlesex Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Massachusetts announced the developments in the 1980 Katharina Reitz Brow murder. Authorities now say that Joseph Leo Boudreau is a murderer. He was 37 years old during the murder and died in 2004.
48 -year -old Kaş was killed in Ayer, MassachusettsHouse on May 21, 1980. When her husband left for work, she was killed between 7 am and between 10:45 am.
Katharina Reitz Kaş was killed in 1980 (Middlesex Regional Law Office)
Kaş was stabbed 30 times and was shot with a blunt object.
The house, symptoms of fighting with the bag and “a large amount of money lost. Inspectors found the knife in a waste basket.
Kenneth Waters was arrested a year after killing and sentenced in 1983. However, when it was determined in 2001, it was cleared. DNA It wasn’t a blood stain at the scene.
When he was arrested, the blood group matched with blood stains. However, technology developments led to a better DNA test and proved that Waters was not at the scene.
Joseph Leo Boudreau was called the cold wild killer. He died in 2004. (Middlesex Regional Law Office)
In 2022, the inspectors looked again in the case. They were able to test the DNA and tied it to a suspect’s relatives. Prosecutors, Boudreau’nun as a murderer leading to lead, he said. In 1975, he was convicted of armed robbery six years before the murder.
The police say there is no connection between Boudreau and Walters.
Regional lawyer Marian Ryan said, “The more time passes passes, our priority remains the same, to seek an answer. In this case, it meant identifying the person responsible for Mrs. Brow’s death, but they would no longer be held responsible through the criminal system.
Ayer Police Chief Brian Gill added: “Researcher Atılım came to the evidence gained at the scene when the judicial researcher genetic genealogy DNA test was applied. This finally took us to today’s announcement. Ultimately, I am grateful for bringing a measure of justice to Kaş family.”
