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DNA Technology Solves 1990 Georgia Double Murder, Leads to Arrest

Kenneth Perry indicted for the brutal slayings of Pamela and John Sumpter after forensic genealogy links him to the crime.

  • Perry, 55, charged with multiple counts including malice murder and rape.
  • Victims were attacked in their Stone Mountain apartment by a man known to John Sumpter.
  • DNA from a 1990 rape kit matched Perry via a 1992 unprosecuted assault case in Detroit.
  • Forensic genetic genealogy was crucial in identifying Perry as the suspect.
  • The Sumpter family expresses relief at finally having closure after over three decades.
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