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Oregon man confesses to 1979 Boston murder after DNA match, decades after another man's acquittal

  • A man confessed to killing a woman with a hammer in Boston in 1979, providing details that matched the crime scene.
  • The man's DNA matched samples from the decades-old crime scene.
  • Another man had previously been tried and acquitted for the same murder in 1981.
  • The confession came voluntarily when the man walked into an FBI office in Oregon.
  • The man also confessed to another murder in a different state.
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