BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is sharing new details on Wednesday about an arrest in the shooting death of 34-year-old Margit Schuller that occurred on the evening of November 1, 1987.

WTOC attended a press conference where the Sheriff’s Office delivered more information on this case.

Officials state that all the original persons of interest in the case were eliminated over time by DNA comparisons.

In 2019, DNA evidence was sent to Parabon Nanolabs for advanced analysis and employed the assistance of a Cold Case Committee volunteer to research potential biological connections, “an investigative technique known as genetic genealogy.”

Through advanced DNA analysis, Parabon Nanolabs developed composite sketches showing how the suspect may have looked

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