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Four decades after three men were wrongfully convicted in the 1984 rape and murder of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco, DNA from a discarded smoothie straw led to the indictment of Richard Bilodeau, 63. Arraigned in Mineola on two counts of murder, he pleaded not guilty and was remanded. Prosecutors say the DNA matched evidence from Fusco’s body; if convicted, he faces 25 years to life. In court, her father clutched a photo from his jacket, calling the moment heartbreaking yet hopeful. The district attorney vowed justice, while Bilodeau’s lawyer declined comment.

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