Nearly six decades after the killing of Marjorie Rudolph, San Rafael police say modern DNA testing has finally pointed to a suspect. Investigators have identified Laurel James Switzer as the likely person connected to the Feb. 1, 1966 homicide, saying DNA from preserved evidence places him at the scene. According to the department, Switzer died by suicide eight days later on Feb. 9, 1966.
In a post on X from the San Rafael Police Department, officials said the break came after they reexamined evidence saved from the original investigation. Detectives reported that cigarettes found at the 1966 crime scene were tested, and DNA from those items was matched to reference samples voluntarily provided by surviving relatives of Switzer…