7 and the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services found a match, according to police. Investigators collected the new DNA from Durborow Oct. 'While this 10-year period has been difficult, we have been able to feel peace and comfort knowing other cases are being solved with the use of new forensic tools.'Ī foundation in Black's name helps law enforcers learn from experts about the latest investigative techniques.

'We are grateful to the South Salt Lake Police Department, the Unified Police Department and detective Ben Pender, and the Utah State Crime Lab and Jay Henry, for their ongoing investigative work and diligence that led to an arrest and charges in the murder of Sherry Black,' the family said. Miller Group that includes the Utah Jazz, car dealerships and entertainment companies. Greg Miller is the former CEO of the Larry H. His DNA was found not just at the scene but on her body, Gill said.ĭurborow's family members have said they are 'devastated' by his arrest but also expressed sympathy for Black's family, which held onto hope her killer would be brought to justice.īlack's daughter, Heidi Miller, and her husband, Greg, thanked investigators, the public and Utah's news media in a statement on behalf of their family. Gill revealed for the first time Monday that Black sustained injuries of a sexual nature at the time of her death, although Durborow has not been charged with any sex crimes based on that evidence. 20, 2010, Black, 64, was killed inside B&W Billiards and Books, the shop she owned with her husband, Earl Black, at 3466 S. He attributed the break in the case to dogged police work, saying people unfairly questioned the integrity of investigators over the years. But Gill declined to say how exactly the technology helped detectives zero in on Durborow or whether they have identified a motive. Investigators trailed Durborow to a public place, Gill said, and secretly collected biological matter he left behind, such as skin or saliva.

Moments earlier, Gill's office charged Durborow with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony and capital offense, although Gill said it's too early to say whether he will seek the death penalty. Earlier this month, they found an Orem man's fingerprints and DNA matched those left at the scene.Ī forensic tool called phenotyping, which uses genetic information to predict a person's appearance, was 'critical' in leading investigators to 29-year-old Adam Durborow, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Monday. SALT LAKE CITY - Nearly 10 years came and went before law enforcers made the link they needed to file a criminal charge in the stabbing death of bookstore owner Sherry Black. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use.

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