Home invader’s blood on doorknob cracks 1984 cold case thanks to new DNA technologyBy Audrey Conklin, Fox News
July 24, 2023
Minneapolis police say they have cracked a 1984 cold-case murder and assault thanks to new DNA technology.
Authorities named Matthew Russell Brown, 66, as the suspect accused of murdering Robert Miller inside his south Minneapolis apartment on July 17, 1984, when Brown would have been 27 years old.
Court records filed last month show Brown was charged with second-degree murder with intent and first-degree burglary and assault on a person for allegedly breaking into the apartment building at 3209 Girard Ave. S. and attacking two victims with a knife around 2 a.m.
“When officers arrived, two adult females rushed out of the apartment building. The first, Victim 2 … had a bleeding cut to the left side of her face.
“The other woman, Witness 1 … was uninjured but extremely distraught.
“They reported that an unknown male had broken into their apartment and attacked them with a knife,” a statement of probable cause read.
Officers discovered a bloody scene inside, where they found Miller deceased from stab wounds. The suspect had already fled the scene.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/24/home-invaders-blood-on-doorknob-cracks-1984-cold-case-thanks-to-new-dna-technology/
