PHOTO: Patsy Goins Dodd, 53 of Pisgah, matched DNA left at the crime scene. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office) 

By Staff Reports

FORT PAYNE, Ala. — The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection with the April 27, 2016 burglary at a Fuel City gas station in Powell. On that date, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Investigators started an investigation with processing the scene, taking DNA samples, and with no suspect at that time.

The items that contained the DNA were sent to Alabama Department of Forensics Science in Huntsville where the DNA profile was searched against the DNA in the National DNA Index system.

The evidence was matched with a profile and came back to a Patsy Goins Dodd, 53 of Pisgah. Dodd was arrested on January 31st with charges of Burglary 3rd.

Sheriff Jimmy Harris said, “with all felons booked into the DeKalb County Detention Center a DNA sample is taken and sent to the Department of Forensics Science in Hoover, where they store the DNA into a National Data base.

"The DNA is checked with Alabama and other states to see if they match any person that has committed any felony crime, such as murder, rape or robbery," Harris continued. "The Investigators did a great job on gathering evidence from the scene and they have worked hard to find a suspect on this case.

"It took a while for the DNA to come back but it was worth the wait for us to make this arrest,” he concluded.