Sacramento County authorities said Friday they have made an arrest in a 1980 murder case.Robin Brooks, 20, was found murdered in her Rancho Cordova area apartment 40 years ago. The killer's DNA was found on Brooks, investigators previously said.In a news conference, the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of Philip Wilson in connection with the rape and murder of Brooks. On April 24, 1980, the sheriff’s office said Brooks had left her regular shift at Donut Time shortly after midnight. She was expected to meet up with friends for a swim date, but never showed up, officials said.After not being able to contact Brooks for some time, her friends forced their way into her apartment, where they found Brooks dead in her bedroom, officials said. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed multiple times, the sheriff’s office said. Using the same forensic DNA evidence initially used in the Golden State Killer cases, investigative genetic genealogy, Wilson was arrested in his north Sacramento home on Thursday. “This new tool, as I’ve said before, is the perfect marriage between science and dedicated police work,” said Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert.“With these two working together, science and really extraordinary police work, in this case, Philip Wilson now stands charged in a felony complaint in Sacramento County with the rape-murder of Robin Brooks,” Schubert said. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

Sacramento County authorities said Friday they have made an arrest in a 1980 murder case.

Robin Brooks, 20, was found murdered in her Rancho Cordova area apartment 40 years ago. The killer's DNA was found on Brooks, investigators previously said.


In a news conference, the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of Philip Wilson in connection with the rape and murder of Brooks.

On April 24, 1980, the sheriff’s office said Brooks had left her regular shift at Donut Time shortly after midnight. She was expected to meet up with friends for a swim date, but never showed up, officials said.

After not being able to contact Brooks for some time, her friends forced their way into her apartment, where they found Brooks dead in her bedroom, officials said.

She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed multiple times, the sheriff’s office said.

Using the same forensic DNA evidence initially used in the Golden State Killer cases, investigative genetic genealogy, Wilson was arrested in his north Sacramento home on Thursday.

“This new tool, as I’ve said before, is the perfect marriage between science and dedicated police work,” said Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert.

“With these two working together, science and really extraordinary police work, in this case, Philip Wilson now stands charged in a felony complaint in Sacramento County with the rape-murder of Robin Brooks,” Schubert said.

This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.