Man arrested for a 40-year-old murder

Man arrested for a 40-year-old murder

A Las Vegas man has been arrested after police connected him with a murder that happened 40 years ago.Officers were able to use DNA evidence to find Leonard Nash.

40 YEARS AGO.OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO USE DNAEVIDENCE TO FIND LEONARD NASH.OFFICERS IN FONTANA, CALIFORNIASAY WHEN THE VICTIM, MICHELLEJONES, WAS FOUND MURDERED INJULY OF 1980--EVIDENCE WASCOLLECTED.BUT IT WASN'T PROCESSED BECAUSEOF A LACK OF TECHNOLOGY.THIS YEAR - D-N-A WAS SENT TO ALAB, BUT THERE WERE NO POSITIVEMATCHES.FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS WITH HERFAMILY LED OFFICERS TO NASH.IN JUNE - INVESTIGATORS FOUNDHIM IN LAS VEGAS, AND COLLECTEDHIS DISCARDED D-N-A.IT WAS A MATCH.NASH IS NOW WAITING TO BEEXTRADITED TO CALIFORNIA.THER