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Guilty Verdict in Patricia Scoville Murder Owes to Parents’ Citizen Lobbying

…the slaying went unsolved for years. Meanwhile, her parents lobbied to get Vermont lawmakers to establish a DNA databank.

DNA submitted by Godfrey after a 1996 aggravated assault conviction in an unrelated case was tested by an FBI laboratory in 2005 and matched his DNA profile, leading prosecutors to charge him.

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