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Incident
Morgan abducted
Seven-year-old Morgan Violi was abducted from the Colony Apartments in Bowling Green.
Morgan Violi 1996 kidnapping and murder cold case
Advanced DNA testing helped investigators resolve a nearly 30-year-old child-kidnapping and murder case with a federal guilty plea.
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Homicide
Morgan found
Morgan’s body was found near White House, Tennessee.
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Cold-case break
Federal charge filed
Advanced forensic testing led investigators to charge Robert Scott Froberg.
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Current
Guilty plea entered
Froberg pleaded guilty to kidnapping resulting in death and agreed to a life sentence.
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Official case investigation photoRobert Scott Froberg admitted kidnapping and killing the 7-year-old in 1996 after advanced DNA testing helped investigators break the case.
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