Man confesses to killing 7-year-old while on the lam after DNA links him to 30-year cold case: authorities

A man who was an escaped fugitive at the time of a 7-year-old Kentucky girl's abduction has been charged in her killing 30 years later, according to authorities.

Morgan Jade Violi was abducted while playing outside her apartment building July 24, 1996, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and, for 30 years, her case remained cold until recent advancements in forensic science linked Robert Scott Froberg to her killing.

Froberg, who was already in the Alabama prison system, was charged Thursday with kidnapping resulting in death, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky Kyle G. Bumgarner said at a press conference Friday.

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"Morgan’s kidnapping and murder changed her family’s life forever," Bumgarner said. 

"Morgan’s family’s been left with unanswered questions."

He said her abduction also changed the