9-year-old murder solved

Posted on August 29, 2018
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A nine year old murder investigation that lasted almost nine years has ended with an arrest(Pixabay)

 

By Katherine Murphy

CHAMPAIGN- The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office says it’s arrested a man for the murder of Holly Cassano.

Michael F. A. Henslick, of Mahomet, was picked up Tuesday evening in the Market Place Mall parking lot in Champaign.

News partner WCIA reports Henslick’s address is only a few streets away from Cassano’s former home.

The 22 year old Cassano was found stabbed dozens of times in her home at Candlewood Estates, a mobile home park in Mahomet on November 2,2009.

The sheriff’s office listed Henslick as being held on a $10 million bond.

The investigation of Cassano’s murder lasted almost 9 years with continued testing of DNA evidence and receiving tips. Cassano’s mother Toni regularly worked to keep the case in the public eye.

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