Two sisters are helping police track down their father, who abused them and murdered their mother and younger sister in the 1980s:
“DNA analysis quickly confirmed that Gloria’s mother, Nilsa Padilla, was the murder victim known for decades as “Theresa Torso.” Gloria’s father, Jorge Walter Nuñez, instantly became the only suspect. For Miami-Dade police, it was a breakthrough in one of the department’s oldest and most vexing cases. For Gloria, it was salvation.
“‘They thought I was crazy,’ she says of the cops, foster parents, and caseworkers who ridiculed her claims for years. ‘Now they know I’m not.’”
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