St. Petersburg, FL – A decades old homicide investigation in St Petersburg has taken a major step forward after investigators used modern forensic techniques to identify a man who had remained unnamed since 1980.
Police said the victim, previously listed as a John Doe, was identified through advanced DNA analysis, bringing new clarity to a case that had remained unresolved for nearly half a century.
According to detectives, the victim was one of two men killed during a shooting at the former Siesta Motel along 34th Street in April 1980…