(NewsNation) — Authorities in New York have indicted 63-year-old Richard Bilodeau on murder charges in the 1984 death of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco.

The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges on Oct. 15 after they said DNA evidence from a smoothie cup discarded by Bilodeau matched samples taken from Fusco’s body.

District Attorney Anne Donnelly told “NewsNation Live” that Bilodeau’s indictment brings Fusco’s family one step closer to justice after 40 years of searching for answers.

“When this case happened, it haunted everybody, you know? In 1984, an innocent girl, she leaves work at Hot Skates, and she's walking home and disappears, and they find her body a month later,” Donnelly said.

Donnelly attributed the breakthrough in the case to collaboration between the

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