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Jan. 23—AUSTIN — Using modern evidence testing, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crime Laboratory Division has now identified the man investigators believe is responsible for the ...

TEXAS (KAUZ) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has identified the man investigators believe is responsible for ...

AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says DNA helped solve a nearly 30-year-old murder case.David Cady is in ...

David Paul Cady Jr., 54, was indicted for killing Mary Moore Searight, 86, in Paris, Texas — about two hours northeast of ...

David Paul Cady Jr. has been formally charged in a 1996 cold case murder. DNA evidence has tied him to the death of Mary ...

Texas cold case was solved when David Paul Cady Jr. was indicted for the murder of Mary Moore Searight using DNA evidence ...

Almost 30 years later, the DPS Crime Laboratory Division used DNA testing ... according to law enforcement. In 2021, the Texas Rangers determined the cold case was eligible for DPS' Sexual ...