Vegas murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord

Authorities have finally solved the murder of a Las Vegas man who was strangled to death with a telephone cord inide his home more than 20 years ago, thanks to modern DNA testing. The case dates back to Dec. 29, 2005, when an apartment manager reported a foul smell emanating from a Las Vegas property. First responders discovered the body of Daniel Zeisler inside one of the apartments, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. At the time, the body was already moderately decomposed. Detectives determined that Zeisler had died from strangulation with a phone cord, and that his 1997 Dodge Neon was missing along with the keys to his home. Although the car was found abandoned the following January in Memphis, Tennessee, there wasn't enough evidence to point definitively to a potential suspect. Daniel Zeisler Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Once they found the vehicle and processed it for evidence, detectives recovered a DNA profile that may have been linked to the person responsible for Zeisler's murder, Las Vegas police said. But their discovery didn't produce a match when the sample was run through a forensic database, said Othram, Inc., the laboratory that ultimately performed the tests that led to a breakthrough in this case. That came in September 2024, when investigators submitted the DNA profile to the lab for an analysis. …