‘Landmark case’: DNA evidence leads to conviction in woman’s 1987 rape

The Brief

  • A man has been convicted in the 1987 abduction and rape of a woman.
  • Genetic geneaology testing was able to lead investigators to identical twins.
  • Further testing allowed officials to identify which twin’s DNA was present at the crime scene – a first in court.

PRINCE WILLIAM CO., Va. A man has been convicted in the 1987 abduction and rape of a 50-year-old woman that had gone unsolved for more than three decades.

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DNA evidence helped the Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney secure a guilty verdict in the trial of 54-year-old Russell Marubbio.

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