Minnesota Cold Case Arrest

Jul 31, 2020

Police in Minnesota have made an arrest in a 1986 cold case following a genetic genealogy analysis, NBC News reports.

According to NBC News, Michael Allan Carbo, Jr., was arrested and charged with second-degree muder in the death of Nancy Daugherty. Daugherty was beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled at the age of 38, the night before she was to move from Chisholm, Minn., to the Twin Cities, it adds.

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