ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Investigators say a can of iced tea helped them catch a man they say is responsible for the murder of an Orange County woman.
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Detectives identified Yesnin Bonilla-Iscoa as a suspect in the death of 53-year-old Maria Paulino.
Her body was found in her car on Lee Ann Drive last year.
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Then investigators saw Bonilla throw away a can of tea, so they had it tested for DNA.
And it was a match for evidence left at the murder scene, deputies said.
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