The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Cold Case Unit, in collaboration with local police departments, has achieved major breakthroughs in two decades-old homicide cases, establishing definitive conclusions in the murders of Cynthia McKenna in 2007 and Debra A. Stone in 1984.

The successful investigations utilized modern forensic technology, meticulous re-interviewing of witnesses, and the unearthing of crucial, long-hidden evidence.

2007 Murder of Cynthia McKenna Solved by Confession Letters and DNA

The 2007 murder of Cynthia McKenna in her North Providence apartment has been definitively solved, concluding that her former romantic partner, Robert J. Corry, Jr., was her killer. McKenna, found unresponsive in her bed on February 21, 2007, died of asphyxiation due to blocked airways.

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