**Resolved. Using genetic genealogy, DNA was extracted from a cigarette butt found at the scene and it identified 31-year-old William DeRoos as the contributor. **.

On July 20th, 1971 the body of Rita Curran (24 years of age) was discovered in her Brookes Avenue home. Curran was discovered by her roommate an apparent victim of a homicide.  Curran’s death was ruled a homicide by the Chief Medical Examiner and the case remains open and unsolved.