A suspect was arrested this week in a young woman’s 1975 murder after a genetic genealogist called the case cold as it was extremely difficult to solve. She managed to get a new brand new investigative approach to solve the murder.
Lindy Sue Biechler was 19 at the time of her death. She was stabbed to death at her Manor Township, Pennsylvania, apartment on December 5, 1975. According to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, she suffered 19 stab wounds to her neck, chest, back, and abdomen.
Biechler was found lying on her back with a knife sticking out of her neck, adding that the knife was from Biechler’s kitchen and a tea towel was wrapped around its handle.
Decades went by without an arrest for the gruesome crime.
When DNA analysis emerged in the 1990s, prosecutors said, the investigators submitted DNA from semen left on Biechler’s underwear to CODIS, the national law enforcement DNA database, but no match was ever found.
Sinopoli was arrested at his home on Sunday on a charge of criminal homicide, prosecutors announced Monday. His preliminary hearing is set for July 25. No defense attorney is listed.
