California man charged in the killing of his ex-wife – two decades after she vanished

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Authorities discovered a body hidden in a home’s crawlspace in 2020, 13 years after Jill Maiorca disappearedA man was recently charged in California with the killing of his ex-wife six years after her remains were discovered in a crawlspace beneath a home – and about two decades after when she went missing, according to investigators.Jeff Maiorca, 53, faces a charge of murder in the death of Jill Maiorca, who was 29 when she was killed, authorities said in discussing what could be one of the latest cases in the US to be solved with modern DNA techniques. Continue reading…

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