CHICAGO (AP) - Police say DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a suspect in the slaying of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a Chicago alley in 2009.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced Wednesday that 47-year-old Rene Valentin-Matos has been extradited from Cold Spring, Minnesota, to face charges of criminal sexual assault and homicide.
Jahmeshia Conner was last seen alive Nov. 15, 2009, walking to catch a bus that would’ve taken her home. Her body was later found in an alley. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said she’d been strangled.
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Her family has said police misclassified her as a runaway and could have done more to find her after she was reported missing.
Valentin-Matos is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
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