Drop of blood leads to arrest of N.Y. man accused of killing former in-laws more than 30 years ago
A drop of blood led to the arrest of a New York man who is suspected of killing his former in-laws more than 30 years ago.
A drop of blood led to the arrest of a New York man who is suspected of killing his former in-laws more than 30 years ago.
Michael Anthony Louise, 79, was taken into custody Thursday at his home in Syracuse on an arrest warrant for two counts of second-degree murder.
Catherine and George Peacock.Vermont State PoliceHe is accused of killing George Peacock, 76, and Catherine Peacock, 73, at their Danby, Vermont, home on Sept. 17, 1989, Vermont State Police announced in a news release. The couple had been stabbed multiple times. Their bodies were discovered by a neighbor, police said.
There were no signs of forced entry into the house and no important items had been removed, according to authorities. Louise, who was married to one of the Peacock's daughters, had been identified as a potential suspect about two weeks after the killings but investigators could not "establish a conclusive link" tying him to the crime, the release states.
The killings went unsolved until, in May 2020, forensic testing "confirmed a DNA match to George Peacock in a spot of blood found inside Louise’s car in October 1989," police said.
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