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Could DNA from a smoothie straw help solve the cold case killing of NY teen?

Name: Could DNA from a smoothie straw help solve the cold case killing of NY teen?
Uploaded: 2026-04-24T09:22:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 9 s
Description: More than 40 years ago, in the suburbs of Long Island, New York, Theresa Fusco, 16, vanished. Her body was found a month later. For investigators, finding out what really happened would take decades. And now, as "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports, the case rests on DNA from a smoothie straw.

More than 40 years ago, in the suburbs of Long Island, New York, Theresa Fusco, 16, vanished. Her body was found a month later. For investigators, finding out what really happened would take decades. And now, as "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports, the case rests on DNA from a smoothie straw.