An employment search solved a 1998 murder

After responding to an offer of employment, Todd Barket, 51, of Brandon, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first degree murder. the death of Sondra Better.

For reasons still unknown, this 68-year-old woman was stabbed and beaten to death at his place of work in 1998. Although the police collected DNA samples and fingerprints at the crime scene, he still did not catch the murderer.

Javaro Sims, Acting Police Chief of Delray Beach, recalled this fact at a press conference: "We had fingerprints, blood, and even a possible description of a witness. But the person responsible for this heinous crime It seemed that he had disappeared"

However, fingerprints remained in national database and they were the key so that, 21 years later, Barket paid Justice before the death of Better.

In December, the criminal applied for a job in a cleaning company who asks his employees to give their fingerprints to undergo a background check. In January, these fingerprints were compared to those in the police database. Barket also matched the description of the witness.

Florida detectives and police officers found him and began to follow in his footsteps. Although we do not know how, the police he had his DNA later and on Tuesday, it was confirmed that this matched the one found at the scene of the crime.