由于指纹和DNA证据,Jeanette Ralston在44年后于1977年谋杀案中被捕。 Arrest made in 1977 murder case of Jeanette Ralston after 44 years thanks to thumbprint and DNA evidence.

1977年加州一位年轻女子Jeanette Ralston的谋杀现场的一根香烟盒的指纹导致俄亥俄州69岁的Willie Eugene Sims被捕。 A thumbprint on a cigarette carton from the 1977 murder scene of Jeanette Ralston, a young California woman, led to the arrest of 69-year-old Willie Eugene Sims in Ohio. Ralston被发现被勒死在她的车里 Ralston was found strangled in her car. 指纹在经过联邦调查局更新系统后 与Sims吻合 DNA将他与罪行联系起来 The thumbprint matched Sims after being run through an updated FBI system, and DNA linked him to the crime. 谋杀发生时,Sims是驻在圣何塞附近的私人军队,以前曾在另一起案件中被判犯有殴打罪。 Sims was an army private stationed near San Jose at the time of the murder and had previously been convicted of assault in a separate case. 44年后的这起逮捕 结束了Ralston的家庭 This arrest, 44 years later, provides closure to Ralston's family.