The thumb impression found on the cigarette compartment proved to be important in catching the killer.
San Hoose: A young woman was strangled to death in California about 48 years ago. Now the thumb impression found on a cigarette box solved the case and the killer was arrested. According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney Office, 69 -year -old Villie Eugene Sims was arrested from Ohio’s Jefferson. He is accused of killing Gynet Ralston. Sims was produced in Ohio’s Astabula County Court on Friday, from where he was sent to California.
What happened in 1977?
On February 1, 1977, Gayne Ralston’s body was found on the back seat of his Volkswagen Beetle vehicle in San Hoose. The corpse was in the carport of an apartment complex, which was near the time where the Gonet was seen for the last time. According to prosecutors, the throat of the gent was strangled by a long sleeve shirt. Evidence showed that Gnet was sexually assaulted. There is also indication that an unsuccessful attempt was made to set the deceased’s car on fire. Gaynet’s friends said that she had left the bar with an unknown person a night before the murder. Janet had said that she would return in 10 minutes, but never returned.
The thumb impression opened secret
The police questioned friends and witnesses and also made a sketch of suspect, but the case cooled down. Last year, the police asked to check a thumbprint on the cigarette compartment found in Ganate’s car in the updated system of FBI. This print was matched with Willie Eugene Sims. After this, this year Santa Clara County Officer and San Jose Police went to Ohio and collecting DNA of Sims. This DNA matched DNA found on the nails and strangled shirts of the gennet. District Attorney Jeff Rosen said, ‘Forensic science is getting better every day and criminals are being caught. People may forget the old cases, but we do not forget nor give up. “
Sims’s background is of army
Sims was an army private in 1977 and was posted on a base 109 km from San Hoze. A year after Jeet’s assassination in 1978, Sims was sentenced to 4 years for attempting to murder in another case in Monteri County. William Veigal, a homeized team of Santa Clara County Public Defender Office, said that the case of Sims has been assigned to Lara Wallman. He said that he does not have evidence right now, so it is too early to say anything. Veigal appealed to the public not to reach the early conclusion and allow the system to do their work.
Gennet’s son’s pain
Gaynet’s son Elon Ralston was only 6 years old when his mother was killed. He told Woio-TV that he was relieved that someone was finally caught. He said, ‘I am happy that someone cared about this case.’ This arrest is not only hoping to get justice to the family of Jeet, but also shows that the hard work of technology and police can also resolve the old case from the old.
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