DNA of person-of-interest being tested in murder of NYC Google worker

Friday, August 12, 2016
PRINCETON, Massachusett (WABC) -- In Massachusetts, investigators are testing DNA samples from a person-of-interest in the case of a murdered jogger.

That person is only described as someone with knowledge of the park where Vanessa Marcotte was found dead.
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Marcotte, who lived and worked in New York for Google, was in Massachusetts visiting her mother.

She went out for a jog last Sunday and her body found later that day.

PHOTOS: Police investigate murder of NYC woman in Massachusetts


Police Chief Michele Powers has been urging town residents to remain vigilant.
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Investigators have not connected Marcotte's murder with that of Katrina Vetrano, who was killed while running alone during daylight hours in Howard Beach, Queens.
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