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		<title>DNA on cigarette links Charlton man to Webster break-in</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worcester Telegram &#38; Gazette Corp., telegram.com
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Webster, MA
WEBSTER —  A man who allegedly left behind a cigarette during a June 2010 burglary has been arrested after DNA from the discarded butt was matched to him.
Joshua Piehl, 24, of 34 Worcester St., Charlton, on a warrant Wednesday and charged with breaking and entering in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette butt leads to arrest in 31-year-old murder mystery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DigitalJournal.com, digitaljournal.com
BYLINE: Kevin Fitzgerald
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Maine

kjetil_r
DNA left on a discarded cigarette butt was the smoking gun that finally led authorities in Maine to make an arrest in a murder case dating back to 1980.
Court documents just released show that authorities used DNA left on a cigarette butt to arrest Jay Mercier back in September, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The murder that might never be solved:</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/10/the-murder-that-might-never-be-solved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT FREE PRESS, freep.com
BYLINE: TRESA BALDAS, DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Detroit, MI
Evidence destroyed in unsolved ’72 slaying

Merry Wilson, 50, of Detroit holds a photo of her sister Laura Wilson, 16, who was raped and murdered in 1972. / August photo by KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free
It was Nov. 10, 1972. Laura Wilson, a shy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette butt leads to conviction of Limerick burglar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mercury, a Journal Register Property, pottsmerc.com
BYLINE: Carl Hessler Jr., chessler@journalregister.com
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Montgomery County, PA
NORRISTOWN – A cigarette butt left behind by a Limerick burglar was the smoking gun that led to a Philadelphia man’s conviction for the crime.
James Francis DePaul, 26, of Lawndale Avenue, was convicted Wednesday by a Montgomery County jury of charges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man charged with murder in 1980 Maine homicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBSNEWS, cbsnews.com
Portland, ME
(AP)  PORTLAND, Maine — A 55-year-old Maine man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murdering a woman 31 years ago sometime after she left a bar in a neighboring town.
Jay Mercier was arrested at his home in the small western Maine town of Industry and charged with murder in the death of [...]]]></description>
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