Murder of Sharron Prior

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The murder of Sharron Prior was a high-profile child murder that occurred in Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sharron Prior, a 16-year-old schoolgirl was abducted after she left her home to meet friends at a nearby pizzeria on 29 March 1975. On 1 April 1975, her body was found in a vacant lot in the nearby city of Longueuil, Quebec. She had been raped, beaten and suffocated. Her murder remained unsolved for 48 years and was considered a high-profile case in Quebec. A break in the case occurred in June 2022, when DNA evidence was identified on a man's T-shirt. DNA testing matched Franklin Maywood Romine, who had died in 1982. Romine's body was exhumed from a West Virginia cemetery for further DNA testing. On 23 May 2023, it was confirmed that the DNA found on Prior's body matched Romine; he also matched a physical description of a suspect provided by a witness, and Romine's car was compatible with the tire tracks found near Prior's body.

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