DNA clues being tested in 43-year-old cold case

by JANE MCCARTHY & KREM.com

KREM.com

Posted on November 4, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Updated today at 7:00 PM

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A Spokane County Major Crimes Detective is digging into a 43-year-old cold case involving the murder of a little boy. New DNA samples are being tested to help lead detectives to the boys killer.

It was 1970 when David Willoughby left his home in on North Elm to hike with a friend to the Spokane Airport to watch planes come and go. Somewhere along the way, Willoughbys friend turned back. Willoughby kept going.

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A driver remembered seeing the little boy walking alone in the Sunset Hill area along Highway 2. Then, Willoughby disappeared.

Willoughbys body was found discarded in the tangled underbrush of Pend Oreille County Park 18 days after he went missing. He had been strangled and sexually assaulted. The Spokane Coroners Office said Willoughby was alive for 8 to 10 days after his disappearance.

Spokane County Major Crimes Detective Kirk Keyser is hoping to bring Willoughbys killer to justice. The fact that the boy was murder 43 years ago is part of what is driving him to solve the case.

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DNA clues being tested in 43-year-old cold case