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   Nearly four decades after the bodies of two teenage cousins were   
   discovered hours apart in Northern California, authorities   
   revealed Tuesday the cold case has been solved using the same   
   technology used to catch the alleged "Golden State Killer."   
      
   The Fremont Police Department announced that Clifton Hudspeth,   
   who is deceased, has been identified as the suspect in the Dec.   
   20, 1982 double homicide of 16-year-old Mary Jane Malatag and   
   her 16-year-old cousin, Jeffrey Flores Atup.   
      
   "It is believed Hudspeth acted alone and is the only suspect in   
   this case," the sheriff's office said. "A motive for the murders   
   is not available at this time."   
      
   Officials said on Dec. 20, 1982, a caller reported around 6 a.m.   
   that a body was found near the intersection of Green Valley and   
   Scott Creek roads in Fremont, not far from the Milpitas border.   
   Officers later identified the body as 16-year-old Jeffrey Flores   
   Atup, who officials said "visible injuries" and was an apparent   
   homicide victim.   
      
   Around two and a half hours later, a second call came in of a   
   person down near the intersection of Hunter Road and Mission   
   Boulevard. Officers arrived and found 16-year-old Mary Jane   
   Malatag dead with "visible injuries" associated with homicide.   
      
   "Initially, it was unknown if the two murders were related, but   
   as the investigation progressed the two victims were identified   
   as being cousins," police said. "It was also learned they had   
   been together the prior evening in Milpitas."   
      
   Investigators said that Atup worked at the Serra Theaters and   
   Malatag was at the movie theater with some friends, waiting for   
   her cousin to get off work. Once Atup closed up the theater,   
   police said that he, Malatag and one of her friends walked to a   
   7-Eleven store off North Abel Road and purchased some food. The   
   pair were last seen walking along North Abel Road at 12:35 a.m.   
   towards Atup's home on Horcajo Street, but never made it.   
      
   After what authorities described as an "exhaustive   
   investigation" with multiple interviews, the case went cold   
   until 1999, when Fremont police decided to look at the case   
   again as DNA was becoming more prevalent in investigating crimes.   
      
   "The suspect's DNA was all over both crime scenes and there was   
   a sole male source," Det. Jacob Blass of the Fremont Police   
   Department told KTVU on Tuesday.   
      
   After being unable to find a match in state and local databases,   
   the case once again went cold until 2018 when Blass took a new   
   look at the case.  Blass used investigative genetic genealogy, a   
   new tool used to help find perpetrators and led authorities to   
   the suspect in the Golden State Killer case.   
      
   "We started doing research on who was living in the area at the   
   time, who was committing crimes," he told KTVU. "What times of   
   similar crimes are going on in the area."   
      
   After an "extensive follow-up into the possible familial line of   
   the potential suspect," police were able to identify Hudspeth as   
   a suspect.   
      
   Hudspeth, who was 31 years old in 1982, lived in Milpitas at the   
   time of the murders and lived "relatively close" to where the   
   teens had last been seen walking, investigators said. Fremont   
   police added that he had a "history of violence" that included   
   bank robberies, sexual assaults, and attempted homicide.   
      
   Once Hudspeth was identified as a potential suspect in this   
   case, it was discovered he had been dead since October 1999.   
   Police said he died at the age of 48 as the result of a medical   
   condition.   
      
   To confirm Hudspeth's involvement in the murders,  authorities   
   obtained a search warrant and exhumed his remains buried at a   
   cemetery in Santa Clara to confirm his involvement. Police said   
   DNA evidence was extracted from Hudspeth’s remains and through   
   DNA testing, Hudspeth was confirmed as the suspect in the   
   murders.   
      
   "It’s believed Hudspeth may have been involved in other crimes   
   in and around the time of these murders, police said. " He was   
   known to be in Arkansas and San Diego in the months preceding."   
      
   The families of Jeffrey Flores Atup and Mary Jane Malatag said   
   they were "appreciative" of the department's efforts, but asked   
   for privacy during a "difficult time."   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-cold-case-teenage-murder-   
   cousin-fremont-police   
        
      
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