California investigators identify suspect in 1988 cold case

Authorities in California have recognized a suspect in a homicide case that has gone unsolved since 1988.

Sacramento County District Lawyer Anne Marie Schubert and Galt Police Chief Brian Kalinowski recognized Terry Bramble as a lead suspect within the homicide of 79-year-old Lucille Hultgren throughout a press convention Tuesday, Fox 40 of Sacramento reported.

Terry Bramble was 32 years outdated when he sexually assaulted Hultgren inside her dwelling, earlier than he fatally stabbed and strangled her, Kalinowski stated.

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The invention was made potential by new know-how within the discipline of DNA evaluation, because it matched DNA collected throughout Bramble’s 1992 sexual assault conviction, Schubert stated.

“The fingernail scrapings grew to become the important thing to fixing this case,” she stated, pointing to the DNA matching the scrapings discovered on Hultgren’s physique.

“For almost 20 years our crime lab, the Sacramento County DA’s crime lab, labored extensively to look at, to review, and meticulously discover the proof that was needed on this case,” she added, in response to the report.

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Kalinowski additionally stated investigators at the moment are trying into whether or not Bramble is linked with some other crimes, Fox Sacramento reported.

“We’re canvassing different jurisdictions to see if there are any widespread chilly circumstances on the market that we are able to look into not solely right here in our neighborhood however within the area,” he stated.

The roof of a police patrol automobile at night time, with the blue and purple lights flashing.
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Members of Hultgren’s church discovered her physique in her dwelling, the place she had been dwelling alone following her husband’s dying the earlier yr.

Terry Leroy Bramble was recognized as a lead suspect in a 1988 chilly case by investigators on Could 17, 2022. (Galt Police Division)
(Galt Police Division)

Bramble had been dwelling beneath a bridge for about 5 years earlier than he died of pure causes in 2011, police stated.

The Related Press contributed to this report.