DNA evidence helped Washington State police officers to finally crack the 62-year-old cold case involving the brutal murder of a 9-year-old girl who was selling Camp Fire Girl mints.

Candy Rogers went missing in Spokane on March 6, 1959, and was found raped and strangled to death with her own clothing two weeks later.

Through the help of modern DNA evidence, police announced on Friday that Rogers's murderer was John Reigh Hoff, a US Army deserter who committed suicide in 1970.

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DNA evidence recently matched John Reigh Hoff to the crime. Hoff's sister had known Rogers.

The army deserter killed himself in 1970.

Cathie Hoff volunteered a DNA sample in September that helped cops lead to her father as the killer.

Police unearthed his body and found he was a match.

The big breakthrough came after police conducted DNA testing of a well-preserved semen sample found on Rogers's clothing, linking it to three brothers, John Reigh, Andrew and Terry Allen Hoff.

John Reigh had a daughter, Cathie, who then volunteered to submit a DNA sample in September that showed John Reigh Hoff was likely the killer.


Later that month, cops unearthed Hoff's grave to test his DNA, which conclusively indicated that the DNA found on Rogers was Hoff's, police said.

Cathie said she was angry when police told her that her father was the murderer.

She was just nine years old when Hoff killed himself.


Spokane Major Crimes Detective Zac Storment called the Candy Rogers case the Mount Everest of cold cases.

Police uncovered her body in the woods. They concluded that the girl had been raped and then strangled to death with her own clothing.

The Camp Fire Girl treats was the only thing found during a town-wide search in the days after Rogers went missing.

During the initial days of the search for Rogers, a helicopter crashed and three airmen died.

Rogers's cousin, Joanne Poss, cried as she learned the truth. 'I feel like candy's loss was just a horrible loss. She was just so cute'


Candy Rogers was an only child, and her parents have since passed away.

Wow, power of technology, unraveling best kept secret.
Next technology should be about mind reading to eliminate evil people before they carry out their evil intention.
Can't imagine what all those families went though then, especially those who died in the crash during the search.

Explorer on the beat!
Science to the rescue once again.
If only John Reigh had reined in on his sexual urges, Candy would have been 71 years and probably a grandmother.
One can only imagine the pains the little girl pass through before dying.
What an uncandy way for Candy to die!

Ah

Lucky them, the now know who committed the crime.

Had it been this happened in UAR, the case would have long be buried or them go just hang am on top one innocent pesin head.

Expressway to front page

Wow......... the beauty of science

OK

She was innocent and committed no crime... But a man who couldn't control his dick found her sexually enticed enough to molest and killed her....



Having such a father will mean nothing to me...

I feel like exhuming his body and lay it straight and flog the deadbody till he will feel it in hell where he certainly is....

It is so sad that the rapist never got to suffer for what he did. He has forever eluded the claws of justice.

Damn

very painful and unfortunate loss to the parents. this is a working society where every case matters. finally I will say that 'TECHNOLOGY IS A GOD'
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It is so sad that the rapist never got to suffer for what he did. He has forever eluded the claws of justice.

The azzzzhole suffered. He had to kill himself eventually. Can you imagine what turmoil he lived with?

Poor girl....I hope shes resting well. May God save us from the wickedness of this earth!

In Nigeria whenever we can't unravel any mystery like this, sickness, events happening around us, we will chant " leave it to God or may God punish that person"

The same way we have been shouting may God punish buhari yet the old man has refused to die
If he dies now, he died a fulfilling old man as most of us will not live up to half his age.

Let us continue deceiving ourselves and continue to seek after loose money greedily.

Hmmn!

A cold case of 62 years still kept receiving adequate attention till it was solved. But here, once a new event occurs, everyone moves on. Next thing you will hear is God knows everything or leave vengeance to God

DNA serving justice to criminals.

Nice one.

Lalasticlala

E b things

The rapist is burning in hell right now

Oga pablo

Nawa o... Such a waste.

OYIBO SEF......




MEDICINE AFTER DEATH...

VICTIM AND RAPIST ALL GONE AND NA NOW UNA COME DEY INVESTIGATE.

Hmmm
Omo
Na real mount everest


Such a painful death u knw

Too much bad news....

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