A Charlotte man has been charged with murder 35 years after a community activist was found stabbed to death in her home. The arrest marks a major development in a case that had remained unsolved since 1990.
Marion Gales, 63, was taken into custody on February 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Authorities say the breakthrough came after renewed forensic testing reexamined decades-old evidence.
Kim Thomas Friedland was found dead on July 27, 1990, inside her home. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, she had been stabbed and her throat was slashed…