Roberta Walls, 22, was found murdered near her workplace with signs of a violent assault in May 1986
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- Charles Berry, 66, was arrested in Connecticut on charges related to a 1986 Virginia Beach homicide
- Roberta Walls, 22, was found murdered near her workplace with signs of a violent assault in May 1986
- DNA analysis in 2017 helped investigators identify a suspect decades after the crime occurred
Almost 40 years to the date that a 22-year-old was murdered, her suspected killer has been arrested.
On Tuesday, May 19, the Newington Police Department announced that Charles Berry, 66, of Newington, Conn., was arrested for being a fugitive from justice.
The arrest was made in coordination with the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD), which holds an arrest warrant for charges related to a 1986 homicide in Virginia Beach, Newington police said in a media release…