DNA Evidence Links Death Row Inmate to 1986 Cold Case Murder in Southern California

A nearly four-decade-old cold case in Southern California has finally been solved, bringing closure to a mystery that has haunted the community for years. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office announced today that new DNA evidence has definitively linked a man on death row to the 1986 murder of 19-year-old Cathy Small in South Pasadena.

The breakthrough came after investigators used never-before-tested DNA evidence, which was collected from the crime scene but had remained unexamined for decades due to the limitations of forensic. . .