Using DNA evidence, the authorities in Rochester, N.Y., said that they had charged Timothy L. Williams of Melbourne, Fla., with murdering Wendy Jerome on Thanksgiving Day in 1984.
Source: New York Times
36 Years Later, Police Arrest Suspect in Rape and Killing of a 14-Year-Old
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