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Robert Scott Froberg Charged After DNA Links Him to 1996 Abduction of Morgan Violi

A CODIS DNA match from preserved hair prompted a federal kidnapping-resulting-in-death complaint nearly 30 years later.

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Morgan Jade Violi, 7, was kidnapped from a Bowling Green, Kentucky, apartment complex in July 1996 and her skeletal remains were found three months later in Robertson County, Tennessee.
The FBI released this composite sketch of the suspected man who kidnapped and killed 7-year-old Morgan Violi from a Bowling Green, Kentucky, apartment complex in July 1996.

Overview

  • A federal criminal complaint filed Feb. 26 in the Western District of Kentucky charges Froberg with kidnapping resulting in death under 18 U.S.C. § 1201.
  • An FBI affidavit says Froberg admitted to abducting the 7-year-old, causing her death, and disposing of her body after investigators confronted him with DNA evidence.
  • Agents extracted a DNA profile from a hair preserved on microscope slides from vacuum sweepings of a maroon Chevrolet van, and a CODIS search associated the profile with Froberg.
  • Morgan Violi was taken from the Colony Apartments parking lot in Bowling Green on July 24, 1996, and her remains were found in Tennessee in October 1996.
  • Court records detail Froberg’s 1996 prison escapes and interstate travel; authorities say the investigation remains active, a reward is offered, and he is presumed innocent.