The Lehigh County District Attorney announced charges against Michael Breisch, 65, for the murder of 78-year-old widow Rose Hnath in 1989 outside Allentown, Pennsylvania.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- After more than three decades, a man has been arrested in Ohio for his connection with the 1989 killing of a woman in Pennsylvania 's Lehigh Valley thanks to advances in DNA.Michael Breisch, 65, is now in custody in Lehigh County for the killing of 78-year-old Rose Hnath, after he was taken into custody in Coshocton County, Ohio.Hnath, a widow who lived alone, was found dead on Jan. 21, 1989.
He credited the work of investigators including Joseph Vasquez, who was on the case from the beginning, arriving at the crime scene within hours while with the Pennsylvania State Police.Vasquez continued to work on the case with the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force.'Although went cold, it was never forgotten and it was never put aside,' Holihan said.
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