LYNBROOK, N.Y. (PIX11) — Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly was jubilant as she declared, "Nearly 41 years later and after two decades of this case running cold, we have indicted Theresa's killer."

63-year-old Richard Bilodeau was arraigned on murder charges for the 1984 cold case killing of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco. She was attacked after she left work at a roller rink, where she had just been fired.

Donnelly noted, "We believe Bilodeau sexually assaulted, strangled her, before leaving her for dead."

Bilodeu came under suspicion a year ago, and detectives said they nailed him after he had a Softee and dumped his cup and straw in a trash bin.

According to Donnelly, "The DNA from that straw showed Richard Bilodeau matched a sample taken from Theresa's body. Bilodeau has deni

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