Investigators say forensic genealogy DNA helped identify the man accused of killing a woman found in a roadside ditch stripped of clothing near Granite City in 1993.
GRANITE CITY, Ill. — For nearly 33 years, Wesley Sperino says he never thought he would know who killed his mother.
On Tuesday, standing beside Madison County investigators, he finally got that answer.
“It’s been nearly 33 years since she was taken away from my family,” Wesley Sperino said during an emotional news conference. “And I never thought that this day would come. I thought I might pass
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