Summary- On April 19th, 2019, CNN released an article on the discovery of an old razor and how it rekindled and cracked the cold case of two 40 year old murders. The razor in question belonged to one Arthur Rudy Martinez, who recently passed away in 2014 due to cancer. Martinez was already spending a lifetime sentence in jail for robberies and two other unrelated rapes. The two victims, Jane Morton Antunez and Patricia Dwyer, were killed in 1977 and 1978, and although they were killed by the same person their cases seemed unrelated because neither knew the other. They both lived in Atascadero, California. Families have reached out and thanked police for finally bringing justice for these two poor young women.
Analysis: I'm very glad that they were finally able to crack the case, but that doesn't take away from the misery and sadness surrounding this case. These innocent women were mourned by many, and they may now rest in peace with their killer identified, but already snatched away by the cold hands of death. Before I read this article, I knew nothing about these tragic rapes and murders, and I pray for the families of the victims that they may find comfort knowing who put an end to their loved ones. This article was written by Madeline Holcombe, an associate writer for CNN Digital, covering national news. She was born and raised in Southern California, making her possibly aware of these murders. This article was written as a way to praise the achievements scientists have reached in DNA and forensic research, for allowing a case like this to actually be solved. The rapes and murders of Jane Morton Antunez and Patricia Dwyer can be related to the solving of the murder of Michelle Martinko, a then 39-year-old case, thanks to DNA technology in 2018.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/cold-case-dna-razor/index.html
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