DNA from hair recovered from a crime scene 45 years ago has finally provided answers in the chilling murders of a 23-year-old and her 2-year-old nephew.
On Nov. 12, 1980, Lynn Vest and her nephew Jeremy Pickens went missing after leaving to run errands. Their bodies were found the next day in the trunk of Vest’s car. Vest had been sexually assaulted and strangled, while Pickens has suffocated in his aunt’s car. Missing from the scene were Vest’s credit card, money, and her wedding ring.
While there was little evidence at the scene, two hairs were preserved, as well as DNA from the sexual assault kit performed on Vest postmortem…