DNA brings arrest in '91 rape, killing

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By Debbie Gebolys, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Jessica Lyn Keen has been dead longer than she was alive.

The Westland High School cheerleader and honor student died more than 17 years ago. Now, after a DNA match, authorities have finally made an arrest in connection with her death.

Fifteen-year-old Jessica disappeared from a Weinland Park bus stop about 6 p.m. March 15, 1991. Her naked body was found two days later in an isolated Madison County graveyard. She'd been raped and beaten to death.

Recently, a convicted felon living in North Carolina was charged with sexually molesting Jessica that day. Formally, the Madison County prosecutor charged Marvin Lee Smith Jr., 51, with unlawful sexual contact with a minor. Other charges are expected, officials told those who were dear to Jessica.


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