DNA Solves 42-Year Cold Case | Mesa News

Mesa News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 11, 2026 · 1m

A 73-year-old man, David Kizziar, just received a life sentence for murdering 22-year-old Aimee See in an abandoned mortuary back in 1984 — a case that went cold for 42 years before DNA evidence finally cracked it. Investigators matched semen found at the scene to Kizziar, who represented himself and claimed his brittle bone disease and wheelchair made the crime impossible. Prosecutors countered with video proof he was physically capable, even dragging his chair up stairs. The jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Though he called the sentence “irrelevant” at his age, he’ll be eligible…