California 1977 cold-case murder suspect identified as 69-year-old former Army private living in Ohio

An arrest has been made in a grisly cold-case murder that has been “haunting” prosecutors in California’s Bay Area for more than a decade, a district attorney told Fox News Digital.

Willie Sims, a 69-year-old former Army private now living in Jefferson, Ohio, was identified as the suspect who allegedly strangled Jeanette Ralston to death with a long-sleeved shirt in early 1977 after meeting the 24-year-old at a bar in San Jose. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office announced Sims’ arrest this week, citing new fingerprint and DNA evidence…

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