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Investigators: New DNA in 20-year-old Kansas double murder

Published September 6, 2022 2:56 PM

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Kansas law enforcement officials say they have recovered a small amount of DNA they hope will eventually provide a breakthrough in the killing of two Kansas women 20 years ago. Kansas Bureau of Investigation special agent Cody Latham said during a news conference Tuesday that DNA from a male was collected from the body of either 24-year-old Mandi Alexander and 79-year-old Mary Drake. The women were killed on Sept. 4, 2002, at a Dolly Madison Bakery outlet in Great Bend. Latham says there is not enough DNA to put it into a national database of criminal offenders, but that the DNA could provide a vital clue.

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