Evelyn Colon 1976

About this episode

The episode discusses the resolution of the 1976 murder case of Evelyn Colon and her unborn baby through a DNA match.

COLD CASE: Investigators have announced that they have solved the 1976 murder of a 15-year-old girl and her unborn baby in western Pennsylvania, thanks to a DNA match found in an ancestry database. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania State Police, along with Carbon County District Attorney Michael Greek, revealed the arrest of 63-year-old Luis Sierra, who has been charged with the homicide of Evelyn Colon that occurred 45 years ago." SOURCES: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/04/15/Evelyn-Colon-Luis-Sierra-DNA-cold-case-ancestry/4891618507488/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/evelyn-colon-beth-doe-found ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_CiF0xvmew⁠⁠https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86600375/⁠⁠https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86600758/⁠⁠ https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-beth-doe-murder-solved-20210401-ngxt4d6xirbzrkzpmbv4mdfe7y-story.html ⁠⁠https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=1364992⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Missing_and_Exploited_Children⁠⁠ https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/ny-man-63-charged-in-decades-old-homicide/article_1ac00b3a-9256-11eb-8708-07b53fe6d4b5.html⁠⁠…

Topics covered

• cold case
• murder
• DNA
• investigation

Keywords

• Evelyn Colon
• Luis Sierra
• Pennsylvania
• homicide
• ancestry database

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pennsylvania, Carbon County

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