DNA Solves 50-Year-Old Murder Case With Suspect Exhumed From West Virginia Grave

Canadian police used advancements in DNA technology and genetic genealogy to identify Franklin Romine as the killer of 16-year-old Sharron Prior, who was murdered in 1975.
Romine, who died in 1982, was exhumed from a West Virginia cemetery for DNA testing, which matched evidence from the murder scene.
Romine had an extensive criminal history and attempted to evade law enforcement by moving between West Virginia and Canada.
Despite Romine being deceased, Prior's family thanked police for using DNA to finally identify her killer nearly 50 years later.
The case has been closed with no charges filed against Romine as he died shortly after his release from prison under mysterious circumstances.