Police have connected the DNA of a homeless man with the Staten Island mom who was brutally slain in Istanbul after she went missing last month, according to a Turkish media report. <\/p>\n
Investigators made the match after plucking a hair sample of a man named Ziya T. and comparing it with the blood recovered from Sarai Sierras T-shirt and fingernails after she was killed, Turkeys Dogan News Agency reported. <\/p>\n
Turkish authorities had considered Ziya to be a leading suspect in the case. <\/p>\n
Police discovered the hair strand on a pillow at Ziyas brother-in-laws house, the same place the vagrant stayed for the three days after Sierra went missing, the report said. <\/p>\n
The 33-year-old mother of two was found dead from a blow to the head behind Istanbuls ancient walls on Feb. 2. <\/p>\n
The Turkish paper Hrriyet Daily News also cites two people who say they witnessed the suspect in the neighborhood where Sierras body was found. <\/p>\n
One man told police that Ziya was covered with scars and scrapes that may have come from a scuffle. <\/p>\n
Sierra went missing on Jan. 21. She was buried on Staten Island last week. <\/p>\n
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