Loyola forensic science students helped solved 1971 Howard County cold case

Forensic science students at Loyola University Maryland helped solve a nearly 55-year-old cold case homicide in Howard County, which led to two adult children being reunited.

In September, police identified Sarah Sharkey as the “Jane Doe” who was killed in 1971.

Over the past couple of years, some Loyola students sent fingerprints to police departments across the country, created renderings of the victim, and tested old histology slides for DNA…

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