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From Cold Case to Breakthrough: Mary Tracy’s Murder and the DNA That Cracked It
After 44 years, DNA evidence finally revealed the killer of Mary Tracy, a young Idaho mother brutally stabbed and left in an irrigation ditch in 1980. Investigators struggled for decades, chasing dead-end leads—until a forensic breakthrough linked her murder to convicted killer Charles Strain. But even with the case officially closed, chilling questions remain: Was Mary’s death connected to a mysterious motel and an unknown friend named Lisa? The search for final answers continues.
https://www.deseret.com/1991/2/7/18904608/stepfather-guilty-a-2nd-time-in-teen-s-slaying/…
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