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Feb 27, 2006 9:16 am US/Central

Cold Case: Chloroform Murders

by Caroline Lowe
(WCCO) It was a mystery that seemed to fit a movie plot.

Diana Smith and Scott Jones were found murdered in Scott's St. Paul apartment in March 1981. Her dad had reported her missing when she failed to meet him for church services and called police. Police thought the crime scene seemed staged because of the way the bodies of the victims were positioned.

The cause of death turned out to be chloroform -- a rare method for murder that was much more common in movie scripts than in actual homicides. St. Paul Police hope DNA tests on old crime scene evidence may finally give them what they need to arrest a longtime suspect for the couple's murder.

Investigators say the prime suspect is a former boyfriend of Diana's who lives in the Twin Cities. He is now married and has a child.

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