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Las Vegas police link 2nd cold case killing to man now dead

Published December 7, 2021 5:45 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Metro Police are attributing a second decades-old homicide to a man who died many years ago. Police announced Monday that DNA evidence linked Johnny Blake Peterson to the 1983 sexual assault and killing of 22-year-old Diana Hanson. According to police, they received information linking Peterson to Hanson’s death after they identified him as the person who raped and killed16-year-old Kim Bryant in 1979. Police said DNA evidence then confirmed Peterson’s involvement in Hanson’s death. Peterson died in 1993.

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