By Associated Press - Friday, March 24, 2017

PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) - The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has announced it has solved a 28-year-old murder case.

The Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that 62-year-old Clarence Butler was charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 killing of Simmie Harris.

Authorities say Butler stabbed Harris multiple times in Harris’s apartment between July 4 and July 5 1989.



Butler’s first court appearance is scheduled for Friday. It’s unclear if he has an attorney.

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