Fork-DNA Breakthrough Solves Arlington's 2012 Murder Case
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Arlington police arrested real estate agent Mayra Velasquez after genetic genealogy linked a relative's DNA and a discarded fork to a blood droplet at the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez, solving Arlington's cold-case murder; investigators say cellphone data and the FBI's genetic genealogy program were key to the breakthrough, though motive remains unclear.
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