DNA enabled the identification of the killer of a nine-year-old girl, 36 years after her abduction and murder, in a case that shocked Canadians in 1984 and led to the conviction of an innocent man, according to Toronto police.

Investigators said that they discovered the identity of the killer after sending a DNA sample from his semen taken from the girl's underwear to a specialized American laboratory that gave them the name of Calvin Hoover, who died in 2015.

This 28-year-old man at the time of the events committed suicide, according to several media reports, while he was close to the girl's family.

Christine Guessop was kidnapped after leaving her home in Queensville (North Toronto) on October 3, 1984, and then raped and killed by knife stabs near Toronto, and her body was found in a field about 50 km away three months later.

Guy Paul Moran, a neighbor of the victim's family, was arrested in 1985 and sentenced to life in prison. He had always professed his innocence before he was acquitted and released in 2015 based on DNA analyzes.

Guy Paul Moran received $ 1.25 million from the Ontario government, as compensation for this judicial error.

Moran, who was personally advised by Toronto police, expressed satisfaction with his reputation being bleached.

Source: AFP

By:Nadeemy Haded