After 16 Years, Charge in Teacher’s Murder
A man has been charged in the 1985 stabbing death of an English teacher who was discovered by his then-14-year-old niece, Philadelphia police said.
Detectives used new technology to run a fingerprint found on a wine glass, said Barry Moskovitz, of the Records and Identification Unit.
The development led to charges against William Basemore, 37, an inmate already on death row for the 1986 murder of a security guard.
Dermaine Smith, 30, who found her uncle Richard Donahue’s body, said her family does not know Basemore.
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