The more than 50-year mystery of who killed a young Georgia girl has been solved, authorities said.
Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady Jr., at a news conference Monday, confirmed the killer of 9-year-old Debbie Lynn Randall — whose body was found Jan. 29, 1972 — was William B. Rose, 24, of Mableton.
Detectives said the then-third grader was walking home Jan 13, 1972, from a laundromat, about a half-block away, when she was abducted, raped and strangled to death. A near-citywide search for Randall was initiated and included about 4,000 volunteers. A group of Southern Tech students found her remains 16 days later.
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