The Brief

A 63-year-old woman, Janie Perkins, was arrested for the 1991 capital murder of 25-year-old Cynthia Gonzalez in Arlington.

The 34-year-old cold case breakthrough was spurred by a new academic partnership between the Arlington Police Department and the University of Texas at Arlington's Criminology Department.

Perkins, a friend of the victim, was investigated in the 1990s and is now charged based on new witness statements linking her to the killing.

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Arlington Police Department has made an arrest in a 34-year-old murder case after a review prompted by a new academic partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington's Criminology Department.

1991 Cold Case Arrest

What we know:

Homicide detectives obtained a warrant for 63-year-old Janie Perkins on

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