A 1998 slaying went cold for 20 years -- until the suspect applied for a job

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The person who stabbed and bludgeoned Sondra Better to death in 1998 seemed to vanish without a trace -- until the suspect applied for a job

The person who stabbed and bludgeoned Sondra Better to death 20 years ago seemed to vanish without a trace.

Better was working alone at Lu Shay's Consignment Shop in Delray Beach, Florida, on Aug. 24, 1998, when a man came into the store and killed her. Although a witness saw him and the killer left behind a trail of his own blood and fingerprints, police weren't able to catch a suspect -- until he applied for a job last December."We had the physical evidence ...

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