A groundbreaking DNA analysis has finally identified James Vanest as the perpetrator in the brutal 1981 murder of Debra

A man fatally shot last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old Ohio woman whose beating death had gone unsolved for 43 years.

Ohio officials say they have solved a cold case murder from more than 40 years ago.The suspect, James Vanest, died during a shootout with officers at a motel near Canton last month.Sign up for our NewslettersPolice say he's responsible for beating 18-year-old Deborah Lee Miller to death in her apartment in 1981.

Investigators said they have solved a cold case homicide from 1981, the death of Debra Lee Miller, 18, but the suspect was shot and killed in a standoff with po

The 1981 brutal murder of Deborah L. Miller was one that retired Mansfield police Lt. Dale Fortney could not forget.

A man who was shot dead last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old Ohio woman in a case that had gone unsolved for 43 years,