Yellow sock helped the police to find a suspect in the murder committed 28 years ago

In 1991, the 27-year-old resident of Pennsylvania Denise Sharon Kalb was strangledand her murder remained unsolved for nearly three decades.

Now the police reported that they arrested a suspect after a unique investigation, which was based on a pair of socks.

12 November 1991 the body of a strangled woman was discovered in a wooded area about 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia. A preliminary investigation showed that the body was moved after death.

Investigators found that on October 1, Denise moved into an apartment of her then-boyfriend Theodore Donahue, but after a while, the boy disappeared. The police questioned Donahue, who acknowledged that he and Denise October 18, resting in the bar, which had a huge fight, and after the bar they were robbed by unknown with a knife. Denise allegedly fled, and more Theodore didn’t see her. The investigation stopped without arrest.

In 2015, the police of Pennsylvania has reopened the case and re-interview Donahue. This time some of the things «did not happen»: he now claimed that he had seen the girl some time after the robbery. It said relatives of most Denise.

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In addition, when the police asked the familiar men, one of them reported that Donahue was talking about the fact that the body found in the apartment. But in all media there was information only about the forest.

When found the girl’s body, she was wearing only a sweater, and piled it on top of other garments, including one yellow sock. A similar sock was found during the search in the apartment Donahue in 1991, but the police are unable to definitively prove that these things match.

Only decades later the experts used the latest software to improve the images in the pictures of socks and was able to determine that this is the same couple. It was the most significant proof in order to conclude Donahoe into custody and to press charges against him.

Authorities walking Theodore Dill Donahue now in front of @PAStatePolice Troop K barracks. He is accused of the 1991 murder of Denise Sharon Kulb. They were living together at the time on Salaignac St. in Wissahickon section of Philly. pic.twitter.com/icesbqxWwU

— Mike D’onofrio (@MikeDonofrio_) September 3, 2019

Donahue, whose login email TedBundy1967, is a reference to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy and year of birth Donahue, not guilty.

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