The strangulation death of Patricia Beard in her studio apartment back in 1981 in Denver became the 100th rape or murder to be solved by in July 2013 of this year. Beard, 32, at the time was mentally disabled and had not been heard from by family or friends in several days. She was eventually found partially clothed and dead on her bed, according to . DNA evidence from a was found in 2011 and was entered into a database, but it was not until 2013 that a match was found. That match resulted in charges brought against Hector Bencomo-Hinojos, 53, a Pennsylvania man. He denied ever knowing Beard, but DNA evidence indicates he had had sexual contact with Beard within the hours following her death. His wife painted him as a violent man. Bencomo-Hinojos now faces charges of first-degree murder.
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True crimes solved and unsolved
Non-FictionTrue crime story's that are solved and unsolved. some maybe gruesome and some can be unnatural. most of the killers are serial killers or killers who where accidentally found caught in the act or found with evidence found by random people.
