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I in rOVISBU UQHSOIiVSCfl DTBSJrCUOB" Law Enforcement Authorities said. "You gotta hand it to them, though. How could they fathom the uses the evidence could serve in the future?" Advancements in DNA evidence to be used in case of Helene Pruszynski ing of Cissy Pamela Foster, 14, whose body was found in a field near Byers in 1993. Tolerton was sentenced to life without parole plus 48 years after pleading guilty in that murder. Denes declined to identify the other murder cases the task force is reviewing.

"There wasn't much detectives could do with the DNA evidence they collected at the time," Denes Investigator are trying to connect Pruszynski's slaying to three high-profile murders about that time. They are checking for a connection to Kenyon Tolerton, a computer programmer convicted of murdering Donna Waugh of Englewood in 1980. Authorities used DNA evidence to link Tolerton, whom police described as a "serial killer of petite white females," to the slay- HADDOCK Of ORANGE ROUCHY IU TASTE THE DlHilttXi: Jil.l T)anbys Mark Plaza. Edw. 288-3500 IP 3 in the evening of Jan.

16, 1980, when she stepped off a bus in Englewood. She was staying at an aunt's home five blocks away and working as a news intern at KHOW radio. Her body was found after a short but intensive search. Her hands were bound behind her back, she had been raped and stabbed 19 times in the back. The body was naked from the waist down.

Hair and semen evidence collected from the scene was so sparse that DNA tests have been inconclusive. However, updates in testing coupled with the use of a new DNA database may find a match among thousands of convicted rapists, said Douglas sheriff's Sgt. Attila Denes. "They're sort of doing detective work in reverse taking people who were already convicted and then trying to connect them to the evidence," Denes said. By Manny Gonzales Scripps Howard News Service DENVER Authorities armed with the latest DNA technology are revisiting the unsolved murder of a college student that has stumped investigators for 19 years.

In 1980, the body of Helene Pruszynski, a 21-year-old senior at Wheaton College in Norton, was found stabbed to death in a frozen field outside Denver. Investigators from the Douglas County Sheriffs Department, Englewood Police Department and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation joined to reopen the case using cutting-edge DNA technology. "With the advancements in technology, we're going to try some things we couldn't do 19 years ago," Englewood detective Clay Forington said. Pruszynski was last seen early cordially invite you and a guest to attend our Bridal Show IQQQ 3.,, Sunday, February 7, 1999 Genetti's Wilkt Harrc Doors Cpen 11:30 A.M. Admission is Free for all Brides Guests will be required to pay a $3-00 admission at the door.

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