Prosecutors say Brian Koehl killed Larry Breen, whose nude body was discovered in his backyard in May 1990, in a case that went cold for three decades
The fatal stabbing case of a Navy sailor whose nude body was found slumped against a fence in his backyard in Point Loma in 1990 went cold for three decades. But a break in the investigation led police to Brian Koehl, and a DNA sample — collected surreptitiously from an Arby's cup and straw he threw away one day in 2021 — confirmed their suspicions, prosecutors say. On Monday, Koehl, 52, went on trial for murder in the killing of 32-year-old Navy Petty Officer Larry Joe Breen.
Then, in 2019, investigators turned to genetic genealogy, a technique in which they upload DNA to commercial genealogy websites in search of family members of suspects. The work led investigators to Koehl. They learned that he was stationed in Coronado in May 1990, Deputy District Attorney Lisa Fox said. In 2021, a Naval Criminal Investigative Services agent monitored Koehl in Knoxville, Tenn., where he was living.
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