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Man Arrested for 1981 Murder of 18-Year-Old Texas Woman

A San Antonio man was charged with murder last week in connection to a 42-year-old cold case, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced.

Texas Rangers arrested 68-year-old Larry Allen West for the murder of 18-year-old Carol Joyce Deleon, who was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the head along Interstate 35 in southern Comal County in June 1981, Texas DPS said.

Officials linked West to the killing through new evidence in the case that was subjected to advanced DNA testing under the Texas DPS Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program, which is funded by the Department of Justice.

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