Authorities in suburban New York believe they have closed a murder case that had been open for more than 40 years.
In November 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco disappeared after she was fired from her job working the snack bar at a roller rink in Lynbrook. Her body was found buried under leaves and shipping pallets.
Three men were convicted of her murder but exonerated in 2003 based on DNA evidence.
On Wednesday, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office announced 63-year-old man Richard Bilodeau has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Fusco's death.
Investigators had been surveilling the suspect for months, but it wasn't until Bilodeau went to get a smoothie not far from his home that investigators recovered the discarded cup and straw from the trash and brought it for testing, officials said.
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