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    McClatchy - Tribune Business News, 08/2006
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    DNA evidence taken from Cooper's clothes and "other investigation techniques" tied the case to Merila, Joe Arpaio said. After authorities located Merila in San Diego, he admitted to Maricopa County detectives that he was celebrating his 20th birthday on Aug. 25, 1984, in the area where the bodies were found. The sheriff's office kept the girls' clothing in storage as evidence. In 2003, DNA samples were submitted to the Arizona crime lab in Phoenix. Last year a nationwide database matched the DNA to Merila, Arpaio said.