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61-year-old man arrested for 1994 cold case killing of Irving woman

The woman was found dead in her apartment over 30 years ago.

Irving police have arrested a man in a nearly 31-year-old cold case in which a woman was fatally stabbed in her apartment.

Darryl Patrick Goggans, 61, was arrested Tuesday in Irving and faces a capital murder charge in the killing of Megan Johns in 1994, Irving police said in a news release.

A recent review of DNA evidence identified Goggans, police said.

Johns, 29, was stabbed multiple times and found by police in the 3000 block of W Walnut Hill Lane in 1994. It was believed Johns knew her attacker as there was little evidence of forced entry, police said.

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At the time, Goggans was her neighbor, police said.

Goggans is being held in custody at the Irving City Jail.

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