Forensic Advances lead to police making Arrest

Police in Calgary are crediting advances in forensics for identifying and arresting a suspect in a cold case. Tara-anne Landgraf, shown, was 37 when her body was discovered by a passerby in August 2007. An autopsy determined Landgraf died from stab wounds, and police say she was also sexually assaulted in what appeared to be a random attack. A male DNA profile was identified from forensic evidence, but didn’t match anything in the National DNA data bank or the Crime Scenes Index. Investigators took a fresh look in 2019 and worked with specialists who were able to identify a potential suspect last September. A 28-year-old man, who was 16 at the time Landgraf died, was arrested in edmonton last week and charged with first-degree murder. He is to appear in court Feb. 16.