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flag Suffolk Police solved a 26-year-old murder using advanced DNA testing, leading to Steve Wright’s 2026 guilty plea for killing Victoria Hall in 1999.

flag Advances in Y-STR DNA profiling enabled Suffolk Police to link Steve Wright to the 1999 murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, leading to his 2026 guilty plea and second life sentence. flag Re-examining over 43,000 items from the original case, investigators used modern forensic techniques unavailable in 1999 or during Wright’s 2008 conviction for five other murders. flag The Y-STR method, which identifies male DNA passed through the paternal line, matched genetic material from Hall’s body to Wright or a close male relative. flag Five years of testing with Cellmark Forensic Services, improved evidence handling, and public cooperation were key to solving the 26-year-old case. flag Authorities confirmed Wright is not linked to other unsolved cases in the region, and the family said the verdict brings partial closure, though the pain of loss endures.

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