Court documents describe DNA evidence investigators found the in the victim, John Holiday's, fingernails. Police say that DNA belongs to 28-year-old Norberto Cortez, a transient living in the Fresno area.
.@ABC30 Here's the message @fresnopolice got about the DNA hit from victim Holliday's fingernails. pic.twitter.com/FR71BBzCQt
— Corin Hoggard (@corinhoggard) May 1, 2017
In an interview, police say Cortez confessed to killing Holiday and led detectives to the knife he used in the assault. Cortez was arrested for Murder on April 24th and it currently in jail.
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Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Fresno Police Department via Crime Stoppers at 559-498-7867 (STOP).