BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Police say a suspect in a 1984 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Rochester was arrested in Florida after a DNA search.
Fifty-six-year-old Timothy Williams faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Wendy Jerome.
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He was arrested at his home in Melbourne, Florida, on Wednesday and authorities are taking him to New York. Police say familial DNA information provided a list of names as investigative leads.
Wendy Jerome left a friend’s house the evening of Thanksgiving 1984 but never made it home.
Her body was found in a school. It was not immediately clear whether Williams had a lawyer.