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The murder of 20-year-old Claire Gravel in 1986 remained unsolved for nearly four decades, until advances in DNA technology and a chillingly similar attack in 2007 led investigators to John Kerry, a man whose obsession with strangulation ultimately linked him to the crime. This episode ch
The murder of 20-year-old Claire Gravel in 1986 remained unsolved for nearly four decades, until advances in DNA technology and a chillingly similar attack in 2007 led investigators to John Kerry, a man whose obsession with strangulation ultimately linked him to the crime. This episode ch
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John KerryClaire GravelJim CofalesRosemary DiskinJames StapletonJerry VerrettCharlene Kerry
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CODIS
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Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
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