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UPDATE: Alleged Florida cold case killer is found dead in jail days after arrest

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A Florida man who was arrested last month for killing and sexually assaulting a woman in 1985 was reportedly found hanged in his jail cell on Thursday. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the Pensacola News Journal that Daniel Wells, 57, was found dead in his cell. Wells was charged with the first-degree murder …

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March 19, 2020

Cold case cracked: Discarded cigarette leads to arrest in mother’s 1985 sexual assault & murder

On Wednesday, police in Florida arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a woman in 1985. The Northwest Florida Daily News reported that investigators in Pensacola used familial DNA to identify Daniel Wells, 57, as a suspect in Tonya Ethridge McKinley’s murder. A family walking their sick dog to an all-night clinic discovered …

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UPDATE: Alleged Florida cold case killer is found dead in jail days after arrest

Cold case cracked: Discarded cigarette leads to arrest in mother’s 1985 sexual assault & murder