DNA found in a piece of discarded chewing gum led to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in a 1980 cold case murder in Oregon, prosecutors say.
Robert Plympton, 60, was found guilty last week on one count of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Mt. Hood Community College student Barbara Tucker, according to a news release from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.
Nineteen-year-old Tucker was “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and beaten to death” on January 15, 1980, the release states. Charges of rape and sexual abuse against Plympton were dropped, according to a document released by the DA’s office.
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