Unlike the other cases, Capt. Galardi said, Mr. Rivera did not confess to the Carpenter killing. Still, the mother of the slain teen was crossing her fingers that police had caught her daughter's killer when Mr. Rivera was taken into custody. I kind of thought we had the person,'' said Mrs. Carpenter, reached Wednesday at her Aiken workplace. DNA expert Marcia Eisenberg said police must use DNA evidence in the context of each case.
Aiken investigators continue to seek help in the case.
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