GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis is calling for the death penalty for a suspect charged in a 2023 cold case murder.

Robert Voorhees was charged last week with the 2023 murder of Janet Abrilz after DNA evidence collected at the Lakeside Park scene linked him to her death.

Following the murder charge, deputies charged Voorhees with sexual assault, kidnapping, and assault in a separate attack .

Sheriff Lewis said Voorhees should never have been free to hurt more people and believes the case warrants the death penalty.

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