The mysterious case of the murder of two teenagers that could be resolved 46 years later after the arrest of an old man

Ernest Broadnax is 80 years old and has a long list of criminal records, including three periods of prison in New York in fact, theft and attempted theft. He was put on probation in 2013, but it has never been linked with the Death of Janice Pietropola and Lynn Seethalerwhich in 1973 were brutally murdered In Virginia Beach, until now, he was arrested 46 years later for being the alleged architect of this mysterious crime.

Pietropola and Seethaler they were on vacation when, on June 30, 1973, the murderer entered through the window of the cabin of a motel located on the coast, shooting to rape and strangle the girls. Pietropola was found with traces of badual abuse, while the Seethaler's neck J & # 39; was cut by the crystal from a bottle of wine.

The two men – 19 years old at the time – came from the Pittsburgh to Virginia Beach for a vacation without imagining that it would be the last trip of their life. After a thorough investigation, the case was settled, said the police at the time. The hut where they were killed was destroyed and new motels and shops were built instead.

But after the shelves, last year the case has taken a new directionwhen researchers from Virginia Beach Police, in collaboration with the local prosecutor, they opened an aggressive investigation into an important clue to the case, according to a report by CNN

Last Monday, Broadnax, living in New York, He was arrested and charged two charges of murder and rape chargeaccording to a statement by the police, that "the detectives badigned to the Unresolved Unit of our department have remained vigilant over the years, follow the footprints who came and seeks advanced judicial technology, determined to do justice for the victims and their families ".

Broadnax is waiting to be extradited and will have to appear in court on April 22. Michael Pietropola, brother from Janice Pietropola, said that she had a "sweet and sour" feeling when he learned of the arrest, because he felt relieved because justice could finally be rendered, he "opened deep wounds that had been there since 1973".

Pietropola, hopes to be able to have an idea of ​​what happened at Virginia Beach in 1973, because despite the arrest, the chief of police from Virginia Beach, Jim Cervera, he refused to explain what had led to the arrest of Broadnax and had simply stated that it was a "technological advance that would not be available for years to come ".

"Expect through judgments and procedures get answers, replies that the police can not give us at the moment, "said Pietropola," so that we can have a fence and streamline a crazy crime that cost the lives of two beautiful teenagers. "