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New DNA evidence leads to cold-case arrest

Investigators say new DNA evidence in the cold-case killing of a 17-year-old Brooklyn girl more than a decade ago helped track down her alleged killer. Shariba Thomas was found dead in a Bushwick alley

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Nov 18, 2016, 3:38 AM

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