A group of criminology and forensic science students at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA), assigned to investigate a cold-case murder as part of their studies, helped authorities to make the first arrest in a mystery that had stumped detectives for nearly 35 years.

The Arlington Police Department (APD) announced Monday that it arrested Janie Perkins, 63, on Nov. 6 in Axle, Texas, on one count of capital murder in connection with the 1991 death of 25-year-old Cynthia Gonzalez.

In a video shared by the police department, the students involved in the investigation can be seen reacting with shock and glee while receiving the news that Perkins had been arrested and charged with Gonzelzez’s murder.

Cynthia Gonzalez’s case goes cold

On the night of Sept. 22, 1991, police found th

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