Body of suspect in 1975 Montreal teen killing exhumed in West Virginia

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WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. 

The body of a suspect in the unsolved 1975 Montreal killing of 16-year-old Sharron Prior has been exhumed in West Virginia after DNA samples from the crime scene were matched to his family name. 

Franklin Romine, an American from West Virginia, lived in Montreal at the time of the murder and is the primary suspect in the case.

Prior’s mother, Yvonne Prior, never stopped looking for answers over the last 48 years, and the family’s legal counsel Marc Bellemare said “it must be

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