Overview

• This marks the first NYC homicide case solved using public genealogy databases.
• Rosario Prestigiacomo was found brutally stabbed and beaten in his Ridgewood home.
• Investigators linked Scalici to the crime through DNA on a fork he discarded in Florida.
• The case had gone cold despite extensive initial DNA testing and evidence collection.
• Scalici faces second-degree murder charges and could serve up to 25 years if convicted.