Police arrest man in 1987 Baton Rouge homicide using DNA ev…

Assault Baton Rouge Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana: A cold case from 1987 has been solved with the arrest of a suspect in the stabbing death of a Baton Rouge man. Thomas Klotz, 45, was found dead inside a hotel room in 1987 from stab wounds. DNA evidence collected from the crime scene was submitted to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab, and a suspect identified as Atkinson was arrested while residing in Mobile, Alabama, and is awaiting extradition back to Baton Rouge.