GETTING ANSWERS 32 YEARS LATER: Susan Negersmith was in Wildwood with friends for Memorial Day Weekend back in 1990 when investigators found her body partially clothed behind a storage area.
WILDWOOD, New Jersey -- Authorities in Cape May County, New Jersey have made an arrest in connection with a decades-old homicide investigation.
Negersmith, of Carmel, New York, was in Wildwood with friends for Memorial Day Weekend. On May 27, 1990, investigators found her body partially clothed behind a storage area in town.20-year-old Susan Negersmith was found raped and murdered 25 years ago in Wildwood, New Jersey.A DNA profiled was identified from Negersmith's body during the 32-year investigation. In 2018, new technology helped investigators match the profile to Jerry Rosado.
"And the way it was covered up, three years to get it to say homicide, which is how it should have been from the get-go," said the victim's sister, Dawn Negersmith. According to court records, Rosado was arrested on Friday. He is being charged with second-degree sexual assault.