After 50 years, the Burlington Police Department has identified William DeRoos as the suspect in the 1971 murder of Rita Curran, a 24-year-old Vermont teacher. Advances in DNA technology and genetic genealogy allowed authorities to identify DeRoos, who had a fight with his spouse on the night of the killing and later became a Buddhist monk. Acting Chief of the Burlington Police Department, Jon Murad, said that the random violence of Curran’s murder left a stain on the community and devastated her family. The Burlington Police Department is continuing to investigate the case and is asking anyone with information to contact them.