LEXINGTON, Ky. (Scripps News Lexington) — Lexington police have solved a 27-year-old homicide case, identifying the killer of Linda Marie Rutledge through advanced DNA and ballistic evidence that connected her 1998 murder to the infamous “Yogurt Shop Murders” in Austin, Texas.
Personal Crimes Detectives officially closed the November 1998 homicide of Rutledge, bringing justice to the 43-year-old woman and her family after nearly three decades of investigation, a release from the department read.
FILE – Linda Marie Rutledge (Lexington Police Department)
Officials detailed that on November 7, 1998, at around 7:40 a.m., the Lexington Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the Nixon Hearing Aid Center in the 100 block of Malibu Drive. When crews arrived, they observed heavy smoke coming from the business and made entry. The fire was extinguished quickly, and Rutledge was found dead in the back hallway…