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Discarded trash uncaps 41-year-old murder case in seaside town
“It is. The case is a decades-old one, reopened because of new evidence, per Fox.” — Chip Darnell, on air
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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFox News reports a Rhode Island investigator followed William Morton to a concert and took a water bottle he left behind.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAuthorities say that bottle allegedly links him to a 1985 murder in Newport. Nothing has been proven, and he is presumed innocent.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty-one years. That is a long time for a family to wait for answers.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt is. The case is a decades-old one, reopened because of new evidence, per Fox.
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