The cold case that I chose in which DNA played a crucial role was the Nicholas Yarris Case. The incident in this case took place in Pennsylvania in 1981(Innocence Project, 2016). The victim in this case was a woman that worked at a mall and was abducted after she got off from work (Innocence Project, 2016). She was then raped and murder; her body was left in a parking lot of a church (Innocence Project, 2016). Four days later Nicholas Yarris was stopped by the police for a traffic violation (Innocence Project, 2016). Nicholas Yarris engaged in an argument with the police officer and Nicholas Yarris tried to fight with the police officer (Innocence Project, 2016). He was then arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer (Innocence
