Pollen Produces New Clue in 1979 Slaying

October 4th, 2006 Pollen Produces New Clue in 1979 Slaying (AP)

This computer-generated illustration provided by the Livingston County Sheriff's Department shows what an unidentified murder victim may have looked like in 1979 when her body was found in Caledonia, N.Y. The girl, believed to be about 15 years old, was shot in the forehead beside a country road in Caledonia the night of Nov. 8, 1979, then was dragged into the field and shot again in the back, police said. To try to unmask the identity of a teenage girl found slain in a cornfield in western New York in 1979, investigators have turned to a pollen-analysis technique rarely used in the United States in hopes of pinpointing where she once lived. (AP Photo/Livingston County Sheriff's Department)

(AP) -- Three grains of pollen might help solve a 27-year-old murder mystery. To try to unmask the identity of a teenage girl found slain in a cornfield in western New York in 1979, investigators have turned to a pollen-analysis technique rarely used in the United States in hopes of pinpointing where she once lived.

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