DNA Leads To Arrest In 1989 Strangling

(INDIANAPOLIS) -- The Marion County prosecutor says DNA technology has provided new evidence that led to an arrest in Florida in the 1989 strangling death of an 18-year-old Indianapolis woman.

Forty-six-year-old David Ashworth was arrested Monday in Lakeland, Florida. He's awaiting extradition to face charges in the death of Lisa Summers.

Investigators say Ashworth and another man reported finding the body. His wife said he was at home at the time of the murder, but later recanted.

Last year, detectives compared a DNA sample taken from Ashworth in 1992 to blood on Summers' clothing and saliva on a cigarette butt found near the body.