DNA and facial recognition crack 35-year-old California murder case

Thirty-five years after Cindy Wanner was taken from her home and her infant child, the long patience of justice has found its answer in the convergence of science and memory. A man who erased himself from official existence — shedding his name, his history, and his accountability — was located in an Arizona desert town through DNA evidence and facial recognition, technologies that did not exist when the crime was committed. His sister, who sheltered both the man and the secret across decades of deliberate silence, has also been called to account. The case stands as a quiet testament to the ide