Crime & Safety
Lake County Orders DNA Testing for Highland Park Murder Case
A man convicted of murdering a 69-year-old Highland Park resident in 1996 will get his DNA tested as a result of an order made by a Lake County judge last Friday.
A man convicted of murdering a 69-year-old Highland Park resident in 1996 will get his DNA tested as a result of an order made by a Lake County judge last Friday, the Highland Park News reports.
Louis Rozo has been serving a 75 year prison sentence for murdering retired college professor Christy Shervanian, 69, on Dec. 1, 1996, according to the Chicago Tribune. The newspaper reports that Rozo, a former computer draftsman who lived in Deerfield, tortured and strangled Shervanian in his Highland Park home because he was jealous of Shervanian's friendship with Rozo's lover.
Rozo filed a motion in Lake County four years ago asking for a DNA sample to be taken from Shervanian's fingernails, according to the Highland Park News. Though the request was denied at the time, the decision was reversed earlier this year.
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The newspaper reports it will likely take months for the testing to be completed.
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