The murder suspect acknowledges decades-old Florida Cold case after DNK leads to arrest, says Sheriff’s Office star-news.press/wp

The Florida man admitted to killing another man in 1997. year, closing the cold case that was more than a quarter of centuries, officials said.

Stephen Edenfield was found stabbed and beaten in his tampa, Florida, Condo, 1. February 1997, Hillsborough County Sheriff He said in the news release Monday.

The night before being found dead, Edenfield was going out twice, Sheriff’s Cold Cold Case Player Dan Bendig He said at the “unfinished business”, podcast Run agencies. He first went out to dinner with his brother and sister, said Bendig. Before midnight, he left the complex again, then returned around 12:50 in the morning 1. February.

Edenfield briefly spoke to the protection for protection because he forgot about the remote distance to enter complex gates, said Bendig. Edenfield in turn said protection that the driver of the car behind him was with him. The security guard let go and cars in the complex, but they didn’t look at the driver of another car well, Bendig said.

Bendig said that neighbors began to hear “Violence in the house” and “calls for help” within an hour Edenfield returning home. Three neighbors told the police that they heard “some kind of disorder.” About 2 AM, the security guard led rounds in the complex. He saw “dark shadow” near Edenfiel’s apartment, said Bendig and realized that it was a person, but he didn’t look at the person’s face well.

Edenfield’s brother found him in his apartment in his apartment next day. There was evidence of violent struggle, and the word “greed” was written on the wall of the Bedroom Edenfield in the blood, but there were no signs of forced entry. The initial investigation did not lead to any arrests.

Sheriff’s units of cold cases in the office re-opened an investigation in 2022. years. The unit worked with the distress Labs, a Forensic genetic genealogy Company. They told Labs to scratch If he used forensic evidence from the initial investigation to develop a comprehensive DNA profile for an unknown suspect. This profile was then used in a forensic search for finding new investigative guides, the company said.

2024. Year, the forensic search found that the DNA profile was also connected to the unresolved Sexual Assault Case from 2005. in Illinois, the Sheriff’s Office said. Brandon Gliha was identified as a suspect in the case.

Police turned their attention to Gleha, now 47 and lives in Tampa. They discovered that he was arrested for Illinois counterfeiting only a few weeks before and was in custody, the spokesman for the Sheriff’s office told the news of the CBS.

Investigators from the Cold Unit interviewed Gliha in the police facility, the spokesman said. During the interview he admitted in the murder of Edenfield, Sheriff’s Office said. On Monday he was charged with the murder of the first degree and robbery with deadly weapons. Online prison records show Gliha located in Tampa prison. The amount of bonds is not set.

Edenfield’s sister, who had dinner night before death, she died before Glihao’s arrest. Edenfield’s brother, who found his body, was alive to see him, They stated local media.

“The Stephen Edenfield family waited for the answers. Today we can finally give us a measure of peace,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in the news edition. “No family should withstand this type of pain so long. Although nothing can delete the loss that they have suffered, we hope that it will be known that justice served brings comfort.”