DNA EVIDENCE COULD CRACK 34-YEAR-OLD MURDER MYSTERY

New DNA evidence has provided a “breakthrough” in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of a teenage girl in Newfoundland and Labrador. The brutal killing of Dana Bradley, 14, in 1981 launched one of the largest and most costly murder investigations in the province’s history. RCMP Insp. Pat Cahill said the testing provided DNA evidence connected to an unknown male suspect and further testing is now underway. “It is a significant breakthrough,” he said. Bradley’s skull was fractured and she had been sexually assaulted.