Vegas murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord

Authorities have finally solved the murder of a Las Vegas man who was strangled to death with a telephone cord inide his home more than 20 years ago, thanks to modern DNA testing.

The case dates back to Dec. 29, 2005, when an apartment manager reported a foul smell emanating from a Las Vegas property. First responders discovered the body of Daniel Zeisler inside one of the apartments, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. At the time, the body was already moderately decomposed.

Detectives determined that Zeisler had died from strangulation with a phone cord, and that his 1997 Dodge Neon was missing along with the keys to his home. Although the car was found abandoned the following January in Memphis, Tennessee, there wasn’t enough evidence to point definitively to a potential suspect…

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