Kirsten, a blonde second-grader, vanished from her room in May 1997 after being put to bed by her mom.
[From article]
An Oklahoma man has been arrested in connection to the cold-case disappearance of his eight-year-old neighbor who was abducted from her bedroom in 1997.
Investigators used DNA to link Anthony Palma, 56, to the murder of Kirsten Hatfield, who was reported missing from her Midwest City home on May 14, 1997
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It is likely that Palma has been motivated to stay in the same home to conceal evidence of the crime and/or the location of Kirsten's body.'
Palma was reportedly arrested at him home, according to KFOR.
Shortly after Kirsten's disappearance, her mother, Shannon Hazen, told police she had tucked the blonde second-grader in on the evening of May 13, 1997. When she went to check on her in the morning, the eight-year-old was nowhere to be found, reported The Oklahoman.
However, blood was discovered on Kirsten's windowsill and her underwear was found in her backyard. Investigators recovered DNA from those items but did not get a match when running the information through DNA databases.
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Palma, who has worked as a groundskeeper for many years, was questioned about the case in 1997 and again this past June.
Police said on both occasions, he said he was home the night Kirsten went missing.
But investigators said Palma's June interview was inconsistent with what he told detectives 18 years prior, reported the station KOCO.
Records show the 56-year-old served more than a year in prison in 1985 for an assault. He is currently being held without bond.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270820/Neighbor-arrested-1997-disappearance-Oklahoma-girl-8.html
Neighbor is arrested for 1997 murder of Oklahoma girl, 8 - after he VOLUNTEERED a DNA sample that matched blood found on the victim's bedroom window and ripped underwear
Anthony Palma, 56, has been charged with the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Kirsten Hatfield
The eight-year-old girl went missing from her Midwest City, Oklahoma, home on May 14, 1997
Her body has never been recovered - if she were alive today, she'd be 26
DNA found on the windowsill of her bedroom and a pair of her underwear recovered from backyard led to Palma's arrest 18 years after the crime
Police say DNA test results showed a match of one in 293 sextillion
Palma served more than a year in prison for assault in the 1980s
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 09:59 EST, 13 October 2015 | UPDATED: 14:27 EST, 13 October 2015
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