Georgia Girl's Killer Identified More Than 50 Years Later

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Investigators have finally identified the killer of a nine year old girl who was murdered more than 50 years ago in Georgia. Debbie Lynn Randall vanished in January of 1972 in Marietta Georgia while she was walking home from the laundromat. Her body was found 16 days later, she had been assaulted and strangled. In May of 2015. Investigators tested a piece of cloth and hair that linked them to a suspect, they believe killed her. The DNA test leads investigators to 24 year old William Rose who had committed suicide in 1974 Cobb County district attorney Flynn Brody said yesterday, quote, the answers provided today will not bring her back and we cannot extract justice from the perpetrator, but I know he must answer to a higher power. Debbie Linn Randall's brothers thanked authorities for their work.