This is no TV Show-Cold Case Unit May Have Solved 28 Year Old Murder in Syracuse

In 1985, Colleen Meadow was found bound and strangled in her Syracuse apartment. Police had long suspected her estranged husband was guilty of the crime but could never get quite enough evidence for an arrest. Forensic science technology has advanced significantly over the last few years, and investigators decided to take a huge gamble and test fragile evidence that was stored since 1985.

The gamble paid off and Ronald Meadow was arrested earlier this week in Georgia and charged with the 28 year old murder. To see why testing the evidence for DNA was such a gamble and more on this story, click here.