Tucson family still searching for answers 49 years after mother’s murder

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Almost five decades after a Tucson mother was found murdered in her midtown home, her family is still waiting for answers, and detectives say new DNA testing could finally provide them.

On March 22, 1976, 52-year-old Ruby Sherman was killed inside her home near Broadway and Craycroft. Her son, Rick Sherman, was the one who discovered her.

“Then I called 911, they didn’t stay on the line. Called my sister… I’d say five, six minutes, seven minutes. Everybody in the world shows up. They haul me outside. By that time, I found my kids were in the backyard,” Rick Sherman said…

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