A woman’s killing was unsolved for 44 years. A cigarette butt just led to an arrest, police say


02-09-2024 11:55 AM

Ammon News - DNA evidence from a cigarette butt has led to an arrest in the 1980 killing of a woman in Washington state, police said this week.

Kenneth Duane Kundert, 65, was arrested in Arkansas last week on a warrant accusing him of murder in the death of 30-year-old Dorothy “Dottie” Maria Silzel, police in Kent, Washington, said Wednesday.

Silzel was found dead on February 26, 1980, inside her home in Kent, about 30 minutes south of Seattle, Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla said in a Wednesday news conference. She died from strangling or suffocation, and suffered a blow to her head, police said, citing an autopsy report. She also had been sexually assaulted, according to court documents provided by prosecutors.

CNN




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :