PHOENIX (AP) - A man has been arrested in connection with a 2016 murder case involving a woman who was fatally shot days after she was released from a Phoenix jail, authorities said Monday.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said 60-year-old Tony Tyrone Reed was taken into custody Saturday after his genetic profile matched DNA recovered from the homicide victim.
Sheriff’s officials say a woman’s body was found on Nov. 9, 2016 that was later identified as 39-year-old Sabrina Rollins.
The county Office of the Medical Examiner determined Rollins died as a result of gunshot wounds and submitted a sexual assault kit to the Arizona Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory.
The lab developed a male profile from DNA contained in the sexual assault kit, but no suspect was identified at that time.
Sheriff’s officials said the laboratory provided the results of the familial DNA analysis last November and that led detectives to Reed.
They said Reed denied any involvement in the homicide.
It was unclear Monday in Reed has a lawyer yet.
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