Crime & Law Enforcement Issues & Death Penalty/Peter Alphon/Hanratty case

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Expert: - 9/24/2007


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Do you know if Peter Alphon of the Hanratty case is stil alive and if so where he lives?

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Steven

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Hello Steven.
As far as I'm aware Peter Alphon is still alive, he would be 77 if he is. A quick search of the internet hasn't come up with news of his death.
The Hanratty case was effectively solved in 2002 when his body was exhumed and DNA tested against samples preserved from 1961. They matched, "proving" he was the rapist and the killer. His family still dispute this however.

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