How an Exhumation Finally Solved a Decades-old Murder

Danna Dever’s family suspected her abusive boyfriend, but meticulous forensics had to prove it.

Danna Dever (Image: FindaGrave.com)

In the spring of 1996, Danna Dever lived in the suburban community of Cordelia, California with her boyfriend Lonnie James Kerley and their young daughter Mandee. Despite the sun-soaked backdrop close to the…