Uh...isn’t there a time limit on this type of crime? Murder has no time limit, but this seems ridiculous.
She should have reported it to police shortly afterwards, so physical evidence could have been saved. Stupid to have waited so long, and so now it tends towards “he said, she said”.
How much of this is cold revenge for something else?
You guys all need to read the article all the way to the bottom to see how this issue arose after all these years. It is really an interesting story.