DNA Solves 1987 Murder: A DNA test has helped the Detroit Police Department's Cold Case Team crack a 22-year-old murder case. Doug Guthrie of the Detroit News reports that Anthony Diquet Phillips, Sr., was arrested in Virgina and will be extradited to Michigan for a murder trial. On March 4, 1987, a burglar broke into Lacey Tarver's home on Detroit's west side. When Tarver confronted the burglar, he was beaten to death. An article
by Amber Hunt in Detroit's Free Press explains how DNA taken from blood
droplets at the scene helped confirm the burglar's identity. According to police, the DNA and fingerprints from the murder scene belong to Phillips.
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