Ohio authorities relying on DNA and public genealogy databases have arrested a man in connection with the 2016 deaths in Illinois of an elderly woman and her son.
The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that 51-year-old Jonathan Hurst was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday. Extradition proceedings have begun to return the man to Illinois to face two counts of first-degree murder.
Hurst, who formerly lived in Chicago, is accused of beating to death 85-year-old Patricia Wilson and her son, 64-year-old Robert Wilson, in their Sycamore, Illinois home in August 2016.
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