HENDERSON COUNTY (KLTV) - After nearly four decades of uncertainty, the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday it has identified the man responsible for the 1987 murder of Rickey Herriage.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Herriage’s body was found on March 8, 1987, beneath a bridge on County Road 1500. Despite extensive investigation at the time, deputies said the case eventually went cold and remained unsolved for more than 30 years.

In 2019, Sheriff Botie Hillhouse ordered evidence to be re-examined. The Sheriff’s Office said clothing collected at the scene was sent to Pure Gold Forensics in Redlands, Calif., where lab analysts extracted a DNA profile. That profile was uploaded to the national CODIS database, but no match was found.

Sheriff’s officials said the office th

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