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I was researching online and I found a very interesting case that took place in Houston, Texas. This case involved a 22-year-old female at the time that goes by the name of Cherita Thurman. Cherita was beaten very badly and hog-tied in her apartment back in 2002(KHOU, 2017). The exterminator was making his rounds and that’s when he found her breathless body just lying there. Cherita death was immediately ruled as a homicide because there were no leads to the case (KHOU, 2017). The case of Mrs. Thurman went cold immediately. The cold case unit of Harris County, Texas decided to reopen her case a few years ago. It was a great idea to reopen the case because it helped investigators to the capture the killer. The investigators found a matching DNA collection that was collected at the time the crime was …show more content…

Craig Porter was the man who took Mrs. Thurman’s life. Mr. Porter was being arrested for a drug charge which later led to the discovery of him killing Mrs. Thurman. He was put into the large database which involved DNA technology and it linked him to the case that had went cold. Of course, Mr. Porter denied having in type of dealings with Mrs. Cherita. Thanks to the good crime scene investigators for collecting good DNA samples (Hernandez, 2017). When Mr. Porter was sentenced, he was found guilty of manslaughter. It took fourteen whole years to solve this case. He was sentenced to life in prison. The investigators made it clear to always have faith when dealing with a situation like this. They understand that it is hard dealing with death. The family says they got some closure, but it is still bitter because they will never be able to see Cherita Thurman ever again. It is still unclear to the family as to why would Mr. Porter do

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