Law officers are hoping they can solve more of Iowa’s cold cases following this week’s arrest in a three decades old homicide in eastern Iowa. Iowa DCI Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt says reviewing cold cases is “very labor intensive” and his agency does not have people dedicated solely to the effort…
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Mortvedt says the new cases presented to DCI agents take precedent.
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Advances in DNA technology are credited in the arrest of 57-year-old Anthony Burch of Iowa City. He was charged on Thursday in the shooting death of 22-year-old Lance DeWoody in 1985. Investigators say jealousy was the apparent motive as the victim had reportedly been dating the suspect’s wife.