A World Apart: Suspect caught by a whisker as beard DNA leads to arrest

Police say a suspect was caught by a whisker when DNA from his beard hair led to his arrest.

Sheriff’s deputies in upstate New York say an intruder armed with a knife had confronted a woman in her home in Vienna last December but the woman grabbed his beard before he fled.

A hair sample was sent for DNA testing. Oneida County deputies say it was linked to 54-year-old Leon Tennant in October.