Almost five decades after a Tucson mother was found murdered in her midtown home, her family is still waiting for answers, and detectives say new DNA testing could finally provide them.

On March 22, 1976, 52-year-old Ruby Sherman was killed inside her home near Broadway and Craycroft. Her son, Rick Sherman, was the one who discovered her.

"Then I called 911, they didnt stay on the line. Called my sister Id say five, six minutes, seven minutes. Everybody in the world shows up. They haul me outside. By that time, I found my kids were in the backyard," Rick Sherman said.

Police never found the murder weapon, and nothing was stolen leaving the motive a mystery. For decades, the case sat unsolved. This year, Tucson Police Detective David Miller reopened the file.

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