Breakthrough DNA Analysis Identifies California Woman's Killer After 30 Years
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Police in Northern California have solved a cold case murder from 1991 after identifying Frank Lewis McClure as the suspected killer through DNA evidence found under the victim's fingernails. Vicki Johnson was strangled, suffocated, and set on fire in Seaside. McClure, who died in 2021, had a history of violence, but the motive for the murder remains unclear. The case was reopened by the Monterey County District Attorney's Office as part of a cold case task force. Seaside police are urging anyone with information on unsolved cold cases to come forward.
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