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. <\/p>\n
Bill and Peggy Stephenson, both 74, of Florence, were found brutally murdered in May 2010 in their Florence condo. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\"It's been terrible on our family. It's just been horrible,\" said Victor. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Victor says she and her siblings have met almost weekly, sometimes with detectives, to talk and support each other. <\/p>\n
\"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. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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