DNA on cigarette leads to conviction in Sonoma County cold case murder

(KRON) — Nearly 44 years after 13-year-old Sarah Geer was brutally raped and strangled to death in a Cloverdale alley, the girl’s murderer has been convicted, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s ...
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DNA on Cigarette Linked California Man to 1982 Murder and Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl

A man accused of raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in 1982 has been found guilty by a California jury after DNA from his cigarette linked him to the decades-old cold case, according to ...
The Desert Sun

DNA evidence leads to conviction in California teen's 1982 murder

On May 23, 1982, 13-year-old Sarah Geer left a friend’s home in Cloverdale, California, to walk downtown. As Sarah walked that evening, she was approached by a man in an alley, the Sonoma County ...
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DNA on cigarette leads to man’s conviction in teen’s rape and murder 44 years after crime

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (Gray News) - A man was convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl 44 years after committing the crime. James Oliver Unick, 66, was convicted of the 1982 murder of ...