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82-year-old arrested after DNA pegs him as suspect in 1979 cold case

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Kathryn Donohue was found dead at her Maryland home in March 3, 1979 .

Detectives investigated the case as a rape and murder, but a suspect was never identified.

In 2024 , the Prince George Police Department's Cold Case Unit reexamined the case and used a grant to submit forensic evidence for new analysis.

New DNA evidence led investigators to a suspect who police identified as 82-year-old Rodger Zodas Brown .

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