DNA leads to arrest in 1978 butchering of Buffalo woman
Linda Tschari, 19, was murdered in Buffalo in 1978. Cops say they've arrested her killer. BUFFALO POLICE
''The blood in the freshly fallen snow led detectives to the mutilated body of Linda Tschari.
It was Feb. 8, 1978 and Buffalo was in the grips of a blizzard.
Now, 42 years later, cold case cops say they’ve busted 19-year-old Tschari’s killer.
The young woman had been stabbed multiple times in various parts of her body. She was found by her brother after the family were unable to contact her and became worried.
Tschari had lived in a cottage behind the larger home where her mother, father and brother resided.
Cops theorized she had been surprised by the killer and butchered in her bed. The only thing detectives had to go on was a witness description of her attacker, who fled in a car into the snowy night.
And the blood in the alley? It likely belonged to the murderer.''
John M. Sauberan, 60, has been charged with second-degree murder in the 1978 slaying of a Buffalo woman. BUFFALO POLICE
DNA has a long memory and it paid dividends with the arrest of John M. Sauberan, who is now charged with second-degree murder. Police say his DNA matched that left at the crime scene long ago.
The 60-year-old’s DNA was in the national database as a result of a 2008 Oregon arrest, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn told reporters.
Cops described Sauberan as a “drifter” who moved frequently around the U.S., including Georgia and Florida.'
Linda Tschari, 19, was murdered in Buffalo in 1978. Cops say they've arrested her killer. BUFFALO POLICE
''The blood in the freshly fallen snow led detectives to the mutilated body of Linda Tschari.
It was Feb. 8, 1978 and Buffalo was in the grips of a blizzard.
Now, 42 years later, cold case cops say they’ve busted 19-year-old Tschari’s killer.
The young woman had been stabbed multiple times in various parts of her body. She was found by her brother after the family were unable to contact her and became worried.
Tschari had lived in a cottage behind the larger home where her mother, father and brother resided.
Cops theorized she had been surprised by the killer and butchered in her bed. The only thing detectives had to go on was a witness description of her attacker, who fled in a car into the snowy night.
And the blood in the alley? It likely belonged to the murderer.''
John M. Sauberan, 60, has been charged with second-degree murder in the 1978 slaying of a Buffalo woman. BUFFALO POLICE
DNA has a long memory and it paid dividends with the arrest of John M. Sauberan, who is now charged with second-degree murder. Police say his DNA matched that left at the crime scene long ago.
The 60-year-old’s DNA was in the national database as a result of a 2008 Oregon arrest, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn told reporters.
Cops described Sauberan as a “drifter” who moved frequently around the U.S., including Georgia and Florida.'
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