Have you heard about the 45 year old man who is on trial for the murder of a friend 25 years later? You read that right, 25 years later; it seems that "cold case" is more than just a show on TV.
The story goes that Ryland Shane Absalon is being accused of stabbing his friend, Ginger Hayden, over 50 times with a kitchen knife. A special cold case unit part of the Fort Worth police department reopened the case, ran DNA evidence and came up with a match to Absalon; resulting in his arrest while residing in Arizona. Along with the DNA evidence, Absalon confessed to the attack just 2 years later while in a treatment facility for drug abuse.
The case was a slam dunk, despite the defense attorney's best efforts; Absalon was just convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. As I wrote about the case the article was updated on the Austin American Statesman website, and can be viewed here. It seems that justice can be swift, even when it's 25 years later.
