This man kidnapped, raped and strangled his victim to death. 42 years later, he was identified thanks to a DNA sample recovered from the body of his victim.
Eve Wilkowitz, a 20-year-old secretary working in Manhattan was returning home to Bay Shore, New York. Her captor has her raped and strangled to kill her. This horrible act has took place in the 1980s, exactly 42 years ago. After the rape and murder, the body of Eve Wilkowitz was found near his apartment to Long Island after three days of absence, indicates the Mirror. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Suffolk County police and prosecutors announced to ABC News than the killer is a certain Herbert Rice.
The man lived near where the victim’s body was found. According to the police statement, Herbert Rice, the rapist and murderer of the young woman, is died of cancer in 1991. The resolution of this case was made possible thanks to DNA recovered from the victim’s body and who could have been compared to DNA from a special database. This is a DNA database of many people who are outside the criminal justice systemaccording to Mirror.
The rapist was identified thanks to the DNA of one of his relatives
“A match has been made thanks to a relative of Herbert Rice, whose body had been exhumed“Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney said. The technology of the “genetic genealogy” at identified Herbert Rice, the kidnapper, rapist and murderer of Eve Wilkowitz. This technique also allowed the police and the FBI to solve a number of unsolved cases. It was Irene Wilkowitz, the victim’s sister, who was informed of the news. “She could never achieve her dreams“Irene said of her sister.
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On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Suffolk County police and prosecutors told ABC News that the killer is one Herbert Rice.
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Eve Wilkowitz
The man lived near where the victim’s body was found. According to the police statement, Herbert Riche, the rapist and killer, died of cancer in 1991.
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Eve Wilkowitz
The resolution of this case could be carried out thanks to the DNA recovered from the victim’s body and which could be compared with DNA from a special database. This is a DNA database of many people who are outside the criminal justice system.
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“A match was made through a relative of Herbert Rice, whose body had been exhumed,” Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney said.