In the summer of 1971, twenty-four-year-old Rita Curran, a teacher in Burlington, Vermont, was discovered dead in her apartment by her roommates. Her murder would be one of Vermont’s most high-profile cold cases that remained unsolved for fifty years and only recently solved using new advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy. So, who killed Rita Curran and why?
References:
William DeRoos killed Rita Curran in Vermont in 1971: Police
Rita Curran murder solved: What DNA on a cigarette butt showed after nearly 52 years
Rita Curran's Burlington VT unsolved murder: Killer William DeRoos
She Was Strangled in Her Bedroom with No Witnesses. Her Killer Was Just Steps Away
She Was Strangled in Her Bedroom with No Witnesses. Her Killer Was Just Steps Away
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