DNA-Guided Breakthrough Lands Suspect in 2012 Arlington Murder
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Arlington police and the FBI arrested Mayra Velasquez for capital murder in the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez after investigators used investigative genetic genealogy to connect a DNA sample from the scene to Velasquez. A discarded-trash DNA sample matched Velasquez, leading to the arrest in Hurst; the motive remains unclear, and Velasquez is being held without bond.
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