Decades-old cold case in San Luis Obispo County now solved
A decades-old homicide in San Luis Obispo County has now been solved.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the November 15, 1983 shooting death of Dorothy “Toby” Tate was reopened using “modern investigative techniques, including advanced DNA genealogy analysis.”
Blood evidence recovered at the crime scene about three miles north of Hearst Castle along Highway 1 was submitted for forensic genealogy and results, according to the sheriff’s office. It identified Steven Richard Hardy as a contributor and was confirmed through DNA comparison with a close family member, the sheriff’s office announced.
Authorities say there were initially no suspects in the case, which remained open for many years and was eventually reopened by Cold Case/Unsolved Homicide Detective Clint Cole.
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