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| Texas death row inmate linked by DNA to 1999 LSU student murder, police say |
| By theadvocate.com- Grace Toohey |
| Published: 10/17/2018 |
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Baton Rouge police believe a man on death row in Texas was the killer in a 1999 shooting death of an LSU student, linking him to the crime almost two decades later through DNA evidence. Investigators on Tuesday issued a warrant for Travis Green, 49, after his DNA was matched to a glove found at the scene of the 1999 shooting death of 19-year-old Kassie Federer. Green is currently on death row in Livingston, Texas, for another slaying, that of a 19-year-old woman killed in Houston days before Federer's death in Baton Rouge, said police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. "It's been a long time coming," said Warren Federer, her father. "It's a big burden off of us. We know he's not going to be out there doing that to somebody else's daughter." Her mother, Debby Durapau, also said the breakthrough in the case is a relief, especially after almost 20 years. Read More. |
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