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Navy Vet Murder Solved After 40 Years | Honduras News
After 40 years, a cold case from 1987 finally cracked: Navy veteran Orison James Chafin was found dead in a Glendale cemetery with his throat cut. DNA evidence sat dormant until investigators revisited the case and zeroed in on Gary Wayne Billups — a man never interviewed before, who had been in town and at the same bar as Chafin the night before the murder. Initially denying any connection, Billups eventually gave a DNA sample that matched the crime scene — only to die by suicide days later. Though the killer is now identified, no charges can be filed. It’s a haunting, bittersweet closure…
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