Thanks to a DNA analysis, they solved a horrible crime 26 years later

There was no witness, no clue, no consolation for the victim's family. After many years, they were able to identify the killer.

This week, the family of Sophie Sergie, victim of a crime to 20 years in 1993, he had hope: the police stop a suspect to rape and kill the victim in the bathroom of a university. To catch it, they used a technique used to capture the Golden State Killer. New technique for genetic identification

Since these technological breakthroughs were not available in the 1990s, members of the Unresolved Case Unit reviewed the file, the young woman visiting the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was last seen when he came out smoking and they suggested he do not do the bathroom ventilation to avoid the freezing temperatures.

The next day, they found her dead, with signs of badual abuse, stabbed and wounded in the head. The murderer was not identified and remained on the run for almost 26 years.

After the media case of the Golden State badbadin and his new methods of genetic tracking, a link has been found with the criminal charged with murder Sophie

The man is calling Steven Downs and had already been questioned, although he denied having more details and was thrown away. However, a colleague he pointed out that he had a weapon that matches the caliber of the murder. The circle is therefore closed on the subject, now 44 years old. "Justice is finally at hand"celebrated Barry Wilson, director of the Alaska Police.

He went to the police station to confess his wife 's crime: he killed her at one go.