Fingerprint from decades old taxi application led to arrest in 1978 cold case double murder

Fingerprint from decades-old taxi application led to arrest in 1978 cold case double murder

A fingerprint on a decades-old taxi application led to the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting two people and leaving their bodies along a Massachusetts roadway in 1978, officials said.

Fingerprint from taxi license application leads to arrest in 1978 double murder

Nearly 46 years after a double homicide, a fingerprint from a taxi license application has led to a suspect's arrest, officials in western Massachusetts announced.

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