Michigan Inmate Is Charged in 1988 Slaying
From Times Staff Reports
Murder charges were filed Monday against a Michigan inmate in the 1988 slaying of Malinda Gibbons, authorities said.
Detectives and forensic scientists linked Jason Michael Balcom, 34, to the murder through DNA collected at the scene more than a decade ago.
Gibbons, 22, was killed at her apartment in Costa Mesa on July 18, 1988.
That same year, Balcom was arrested in Michigan on suspicion of sexual assault and kidnapping, police said. He will be returned to Orange County for trial.
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