40 years ago, a madman killed a 23-year-old girl, Laura Campton. After four decades, the police have finally solved the murder with the help of DNA analysis and forensic technology. Although the police also regret that 40 years have passed in the investigation of this matter. This regret doubles when it is known that Laura's killer himself has been killed in the year 2005 due to drug overdose.
America's New Hampshire State Attorney General John Formella pats himself on the back for being successful in the investigation to solve this murder mystery with the help of DNA analysis, but he also does not shine in the eyes of this incomplete justice received after 40 years. Is visible Addressing the media in Portsmouth where the incident took place in September 1981, Formella said that his investigation had been successful, but it was bittersweet because of the delay.
Neither will we forget any case, nor will we forget any victim
Expressing his commitment to provide justice at any cost, Formela also seems to be looking for a cure for the delay in getting justice. He says that the success of this investigation after so many years will give a message to those people who feel that the investigation of injustice done to them has gone into cold storage over time. Formella boasts that we will never stop working on such cases nor forget those victims.
When Laura did not reach the court, the police reached the house, and…
Recalling the incident of 1981, he says that that day a police officer reached Campton's house, because she was not appearing in the court even after being summoned several times for parking violations. But when the police officer arrives at his house, he finds Campton dead, his legs bound with electrical wires and a telephone wire noose around his neck. Campton, a student at Portsmouth Beauty School, worked at a gift shop and ice cream parlor and was last seen early that morning after returning from a friend's night out.
Evidence made from cigarette butts, pillows and glass bottles
According to the report of the news agency AP, after 40 years, the police have solved the mystery of Campton's murder. In this, cigarette butts, pillows and glass bottles recovered from Campton's body played an important role. Through this evidence, the police could later come to know that the killer's DNA belonged to a man. Even then, for four decades, the police continued to investigate with the help of this, many suspects were interrogated, but success was not achieved. Last year, the police, along with the Cold Case Unit, enlisted the help of a forensic genetic genealogy firm to track down Campton's killer. The DNA profile matched with a person.
Laura's killer was killed by a cocaine overdose
The killer's DNA matched with a man named Ronnie James Lee, who was a security officer there in 1981. According to Formela, he told Ronnie's family about this investigation. According to Formella, Lee was 21 at the time of Campton's murder and the two were not in a relationship. Lee died of a cocaine overdose in 2005 at the age of 45. Formela says that if he had been alive, action would have been taken against him in the murder case today. Campton's family came to know about the killer after 40 years, but they will also be in a state of confusion about this justice. Well he has thanked the police for finding the killer.
