"You hear the term closure, I don't agree with that. I've been in this business for a long time... it changes their life," said DA Vern Pierson about cold cases.
[Ananda Rochita]
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — DNA and genetic genealogy is transforming police work. In El Dorado County, the District Attorney Vern Pierson's office is using it to help solve cold cases — ones like the late newspaper columnist, Jane Hylton.
Hylton was stabbed to death in 1985 and found in a home in El Dorado Hills. Ricky Davis was convicted of second degree murder. In 2014, Pierson said he was contacted by the Innocence Project, which was convinced Davis was innocent in the Hylton's murder...