14 December 2023 :

December 5, 2023 - DNA connects death row inmate Lucious Boyd to nearly 25-year-old rape and murder cold case
A nearly 25-year-old rape and murder cold case has been solved due to DNA forensics and genetics, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Sheriff Gregory Tony identified the victim as Eileen Truppner and the killer as Lucious Boyd, 64, at a news conference. Boyd is on death row for a murder committed 2 weeks before Truppner’s death, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
In December 1998, Truppner’s body was found by a boater in southwest Broward County near US Route 27.
Using DNA found at the crime scene, investigators contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement genealogy unit. DNA swabs from Truppner’s relatives were taken for comparison.
The office emphasized Boyd is a suspect in several other homicides. He reportedly traveled across the state of Florida and the sheriff’s office is looking for tips from anyone who may have had contact with him between 1995 and 1999.
“We strongly believe he’s a serial killer,” said Broward County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Jonathan Brown.
This is the 21st cold case that has been solved since the Broward Sheriff’s Homicide Cold Case Unit was established in 2019.
In November, a grand jury indicted Boyd for 1st-degree murder and sexual battery in connection with Truppner’s death.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/florida-murder-rape-cold-case-dna/index.html