FLORENCE, Ky. - 9 News has learned that the much-anticipated results of DNA testing in the 9-month-old double murder case of an N.Ky. couple has been sent from the lab to the Boone County Sheriffs Office for examining.

Bill and Peggy Stephenson, both 74, of Florence, were found brutally murdered in May 2010 in their Florence condo.

Detectives and members of the Stephensons' family have been anxious for these results, which they hope will lead to a break in the case that has devastated the Florence community.

This is the first of three rounds of DNA testing that will be done. Investigators believe this round will most likely lead to a killer if they are able to find anything.

The Stephensons' daughter, Beth Victor, tells 9 News she is relieved to now have this evidence back from the lab, but is only "cautiously optimistic" it will help bring answers after such a long and painful wait.

"It's been terrible on our family. It's just been horrible," said Victor.

The Stephensons were pillars of their community. They ran a truck stop ministry at Travel Centers of America in Florence. Bill led a service there every Sunday, and Peggy played the organ at the couple's Florence church. Why someone would kill them has baffled detectives for nine months.

Victor's husband found the couple dead in their home. The conversation that had to happen between Victor and her husband that day was more than Victor could talk about.

Victor says she and her siblings have met almost weekly, sometimes with detectives, to talk and support each other.

"I will say one thing, it's drawn us closer as a family, but I hate it's taken this to make us closer," said Victor.

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DNA in N.Ky. double murder delivered