Blood on doorknob leads police to the arrest of cold case killer 40 years later
Minneapolis police have announced a breakthrough in a cold-case murder and assault from 1984, thanks to advancements in DNA technology. The suspect, Matthew Russell Brown, 66, has been charged with second-degree murder with intent, first-degree burglary, and assault. The crime took place on July 17, 1984, when Brown would have been 27 years old. The case had remained unsolved for nearly four decades, but recent DNA analysis has provided crucial evidence leading to the arrest. …