Man who killed Michigan teen in 1988 identified through DNA technology

Georgia cops cracked a 33-year-old case after they recognized the person who killed a 19-year-old lady by way of family tree DNA.

Henry Fredrick Sensible, also called Hoss Sensible, allegedly killed Michigan teenager Stacey Lyn Chahorski in 1988, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) introduced Tuesday.

Sensible, nonetheless, died in a fiery automotive crash in 1999 earlier than he may face justice.

Chahorski’s physique was discovered on Dec. 16, 1988 about 5 miles from the Alabama Stateline on I-59 northbound lane in Dade County, GA.

“Sensible was a truck driver who drove by way of Dade County, Georgia on his common route,” Keri Farley, FBI Atlanta’s particular agent in cost, stated at a press convention.

Sensible, who would have been 34 on the time, was working as a truck driver. He had been touring by way of Chattanooga to Birmingham to Nashville for the Western Carolina Trucking Firm, and in addition labored as a stunt driver on the facet.

Chahorski’s physique was past recognition. A GBI forensic artist made clay renderings and drew composites to recreate what the sufferer would appear like in hopes of figuring out her, officers stated, however Chahorski wasn’t recognized till March 2022.

Stacey Lyn Chahorski was discovered useless on a Dade County, Georgia interstate in 1988.

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Henry Fredrick Sensible was a truck driver who incessantly traveled alongside the Georgia freeway.

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After lastly figuring out Chahorski was the sufferer, GBI and FBI turned to family tree DNA testing for the assassin’s profile and acquired optimistic ends in June. The officers interviewed Sensible’s household and obtained DNA swabs so as to establish him because the killer.

“This case is vital as a result of it's the first that we all know of that investigative family tree was used to establish each the sufferer and the killer,” Farley stated.

Officers famous that Chahorski’s mom is at peace understanding her daughter’s killer is not dwelling.

Sensible burned to demise in a stunt automotive accident at Myrtle Seaside Speedway in South Carolina 11 years after he killed Chahorski. He had a prison historical past in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, starting from theft, and assault, to obstruction of a police officer. Sensible’s arrests predate obligatory DNA testing after a felony arrest, the GBI stated.

Investigators stated the case is likely to be the primary to make use of investigative family tree to establish each the sufferer and the killer.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation through AP