Clifton Hudspeth was identified as the lead suspect in the December 20, 1982 murders of 16-year-old cousins Mary Malatag and Jeffrey Flores Atup in Milpitas, California. This case was cleared by exception due to the death of Hudspeth.
Malatag and Atup were shot coming home from a late-night visit to a nearby 7-11 store. Atup had just got off work from a local movie theater and they were walking home together. Their bodies were found early the next morning, about 4 miles apart, along different intersections. Malatag had been sexually assaulted.
There is currently no data as to who performed the FGG investigation. Hudspeth was confirmed as the contributor to the crime scene DNA through an exhumation of his remains. He had a criminal history involving convictions for attempted murder, robbery, and sexual assaults. At the time of the murders, he was living in the area near where the bodies were found. Hudspeth died of natural causes in October of 1999.
Sources:
CBS San Francisco. “DNA Match Solves 1982 Cold Case Slaying of Fremont Teenage Cousins.” KPIX 5 News, CBS San Francisco, December 17, 2019. Accessed December 23, 2020. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/dna-fremont-cold-case-teenage-cousins-murdered-clifton-hudspeth/.
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Naylor, Maureen, and Aja Seldon. “DNA Evidence Solves 1982 Cold Case Murder of Two Cousins in Fremont.” KTVU News, December 17, 2019. Accessed December 23, 2020. https://www.ktvu.com/news/dna-evidence-solves-1982-cold-case-murder-of-two-cousins-in-fremont.
Nestel, M. L. “Murder of Teenage Cousins Who Were Killed While on a 7-11 Run Solved After 37 Years, Police Say.” Oxygen, December 19, 2019. Accessed December 23, 2020. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/clifton-hudspeth-confirmed-as-killer-of-jeffrey-atup-mary-malatag-in-1982