Suspect Identified in Decades-Old Long Island Murder and Sexual Assault Case

Cold Case Breakthrough on Long Island

• 🎯 Prosecutors in Suffolk County announced a significant breakthrough in a cold case from nearly 30 years ago.
• 💡 The investigation has identified Steven Brady, now deceased, as the suspect linked to two separate crimes.

Anne Lustig Homicide

• 💔 The family of 69-year-old Anne Lustig, who was sexually assaulted and killed, was present for the announcement.
• 📅 Lustig was attacked in February 1997 while waiting for a taxi outside Kings Park State Psychiatric Hospital.
• 📍 Her body was discovered a day later off Route 25 in Calverton.

Tied to 1996 Rape Case

• 🔗 The same suspect, Steven Brady, has also been linked through advanced DNA testing to the December 1996 rape of an 82-year-old woman.
• 📍 The second victim was also waiting for a ride near the same location as the Lustig attack.

Advanced DNA Testing and Evidence

• 🔬 Advanced DNA testing was instrumental in connecting the two cases and identifying Steven Brady.
• 🔍 Black and green colored fibers recovered from both victims were compared and found to be similar.
• 📊 The black fibers were consistent with a car mat, and the green fibers with carpet fibers.
• 🤯 The odds of the DNA match being correct are stated to be three trillion to one.