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DNA evidence links man to Navy veteran’s murder nearly 40 years later, authorities say

DNA evidence links man to Navy veteran’s murder nearly 40 years later, authorities say
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PHOENIX ( KPHO /Gray News) — Arizona authorities say they have made a major break in a cold case that dates back nearly 40 years. According to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, DNA evidence has linked 68-year-old Gary Wayne Billups as a suspect in the 1987 murder of Orison James “Jim” Chafin,...

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