McArthur, Miles-Grace Hayden Case

The Sand Diego Murder of Grace Hayden

Kevin Thomas James(63)

-Murderer

-Raped and Murdered Grace Hayden

-San Diego 1987

Grace Hayden(79)

-Victim

-In her home was where the murder was committed

body, including certain wounds she sustained, supported an inference from the jury that the killing was intentional.injuries to Hayden’s face and the back of her head indicated a “horrible struggle.”DNA on the victim’s body, as well as a fingerprint found on her stovetop led to Ford’s 2018 arrest in North Carolina.

AFIS was still fairly new only being established a little over a decade before this case but its what matched Kevin's fingerprint in the database.

On Nov 13th of 2019, Kevin Thomas James was convicted for the murder of Grace Hayden after 32 years, and life in prison without parole

"She must've been terrified at the end"

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/life-sentence-upheld-for-man-convicted-in-1987-san-diego-murder/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/single-fingerprint-led-arrest-cold-case-murder-elderly/story?id=56535934#:~:text=%22It%20was%20this%20set%20of,from%20the%20victim%2C%20Hackney%20said.

The Sand Diego Murder of Grace Hayden

Kevin Thomas James(63)

-Murderer

-Raped and Murdered Grace Hayden

-San Diego 1987

Grace Hayden(79)

-Victim

-In her home was where the murder was committed

body, including certain wounds she sustained, supported an inference from the jury that the killing was intentional.injuries to Hayden’s face and the back of her head indicated a “horrible struggle.”DNA on the victim’s body, as well as a fingerprint found on her stovetop led to Ford’s 2018 arrest in North Carolina.

AFIS was still fairly new only being established a little over a decade before this case but its what matched Kevin's fingerprint in the database.

On Nov 13th of 2019, Kevin Thomas James was convicted for the murder of Grace Hayden after 32 years, and life in prison without parole

"She must've been terrified at the end"

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/life-sentence-upheld-for-man-convicted-in-1987-san-diego-murder/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/single-fingerprint-led-arrest-cold-case-murder-elderly/story?id=56535934#:~:text=%22It%20was%20this%20set%20of,from%20the%20victim%2C%20Hackney%20said.

The Sand Diego Murder of Grace Hayden

Kevin Thomas James(63)

-Murderer

-Raped and Murdered Grace Hayden

-San Diego 1987

Grace Hayden(79)

-Victim

-In her home was where the murder was committed

body, including certain wounds she sustained, supported an inference from the jury that the killing was intentional.injuries to Hayden’s face and the back of her head indicated a “horrible struggle.”DNA on the victim’s body, as well as a fingerprint found on her stovetop led to Ford’s 2018 arrest in North Carolina.

AFIS was still fairly new only being established a little over a decade before this case but its what matched Kevin's fingerprint in the database.

On Nov 13th of 2019, Kevin Thomas James was convicted for the murder of Grace Hayden after 32 years, and life in prison without parole

"She must've been terrified at the end"

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/life-sentence-upheld-for-man-convicted-in-1987-san-diego-murder/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/single-fingerprint-led-arrest-cold-case-murder-elderly/story?id=56535934#:~:text=%22It%20was%20this%20set%20of,from%20the%20victim%2C%20Hackney%20said.