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Families Find Relief After DNA Testing Helps Solve 2 Brockton Cold Cases over 30 Years Old
New DNA testing linked the decades-old Brockton murder and rape cases to Robert Carey, who died before charges could be filed.
- On Thursday, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz announced that forensic genealogy identified Robert Carey as the perpetrator of the 1991 murder of Cherie Bishop and the 1993 rape of Donna Bell.
- Investigators enlisted Texas-based Othram Research in 2023 to compare DNA profiles against genealogical databases after the cases remained linked via CODIS since 2016 but unsolved.
- At the time of the attacks, Carey lived at the Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center within 1.5 miles of both crime scenes; Bishop was 28 when she was strangled in Mulberry Park.
- Carey died of natural causes last year at age 64, meaning he cannot face charges, though Cruz said, "My hope is for the family members & that they feel that there's some sense of closure."
- The Unsolved Homicide Unit continues to investigate cold cases using modern technology, while resources for sexual assault survivors remain available through the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline.
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Forensic genealogy unmasks cold case suspect as strangler, sexual predator decades later: officials
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz says forensic genetic genealogy linked Robert Carey to the 1991 killing of Cherie Bishop and the 1993 rape of Donna Bell in Brockton.
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Suspect Named in Unsolved Brockton Murder and Rape Cases
DNA Linked Suspect to Decades-Old Crimes A suspect has been named in two unsolved Brockton cases, a 1991 murder and a 1993 rape. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz on Thursday said that the late Robert Carey has been identified as the suspect in both cases. Since the 1990s, state and Brockton police have […]
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