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44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas

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Dorothy Marie Silzel was last seen alive on Feb. 23, 1980 , in Kent , Washington .

She was found dead in her condo three days later after a welfare check was requested.

Local police found she had been sexually assaulted and deemed her death to be a homicide via strangulation.

In March 2022 , Kent police began pursuing possible DNA matches and came back with 11 suspects.

One of those suspects was Kenneth Kundert , who was living in Arkansas .