DNA technology leads to murder charge in 33-year-old Utah homicide

SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Salt Lake police have arrested a Cedar City man in connection with a 33-year-old cold case homicide.

James Wallace Petersen III, 63, was charged on March 6 in Utah’s 3rd District Court with murder and aggravated sexual assault, first-degree felonies. The charges were sealed until his arrest on Wednesday.

Petersen is accused of killing Theresa Morlock, 35, on Feb. 24, 1993, at her Salt Lake apartment at 643 S. Redwood Road. Her body was discovered after a maintenance employee went to her apartment to repossess a microwave on Feb, 22, 1993, according to charging documents…

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