1988 cold case solved after killer identified through DNA test from family

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1988 cold case solved after killer identified through DNA test from family
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The body of 19-year-old Stacey Chahorski was found along a highway in Georgia. Authorities say they have finally identified her killer.

For the last 33 years, investigators didn’t know much more about the case, including the identities of both her and her killer.

“We are standing here today, almost 34 years later, to say we have finally identified Stacey Chahorski’s killer,” Ken Farley, FBI Atlanta special agent in charge, said. Wise was a trucker whose route crossed through the Southeast and whose DNA was also found at the scene. He had a criminal history in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, according to WGCL.

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