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32-Year-Old Cold Case Solved After Routine Audit

Back in 1988, police knew who the murderer was, but errors in early DNA testing had already ruled him out.

Josie Klakström
4 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Gayle Barrus with battlecreekenquirer.com

Gayle Barrus disappeared on the 9th of October 1988 from Battle Creek, Michigan. The manhunt for the mother of three lasted sixteen days until she was finally…

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Josie Klakström

Josie is a freelance journo who writes about writing, true crime, culture and marketing. www.truecrimeedition.com