62 years after girl's killing, Spokane police solve the "Mount Everest" of cold cases
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Police in eastern Washington say they have solved the slaying of a 9-year-old girl, 62 years after the crime occurred. The Spokane Police Department used advanced DNA analysis, forensic genealogy and traditional detective work to name John Reigh Hoff as the killer of young Candice "Candy" Elaine Rogers in 1959. Hoff died in 1970.
"This is kind of the case that's been the giant log jam for cold cases," Spokane Police Department Major Crimes Detective Zac Storment said during a news conference Friday. 'I keep saying it's the Mount Everest of our cold cases, the one that we could never seem to overcome. But at the same time, nobody ever forgot."
The case began on March 6, 1959, when Rogers was selling Camp Fire Girls mints in a Spokane neighborhood. She had set out from her home about 4 p.m. and disappeared.
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