84-year-old arrested in 1974 cold case murder after he's ID'd with genetic genealogy. Mary Schlais was hitchhiking from Minneapolis to Chicago when she was killed.

84-year-old charged in 1974 cold case murder of hitchhiker thanks to DNA from hat left at scene By . ... Police said Miller was “fairly calm about what had occurred” when he confessed.

A gun barrel recovered from Magness’s residence in 2025 was positively matched to the bullet collected from the 1996 crime ...

An 84-year-old man confessed to his involvement in a 50-year-old cold case after authorities tracked him down using genetic genealogy. Jon K. Miller, 84, was arrested last week in the homicide of ...

84-year-old charged in 1974 cold case murder of hitchhiker thanks to DNA from hat left at scene. Alex Oliveira. ... Police said Miller was “fairly calm about what had occurred” when he confessed.

William Doyle Magness, 71, was arrested after ballistic evidence reportedly linked him to the fatal shooting of Geraldine ...

An 84-year-old man, Jon K. Miller, was arrested for the 1974 murder of Mary K. Schlais in Dunn County after investigative genetic genealogy identified a viable suspect.

With the help of forensic testing, authorities identified a young woman at the center of a mysterious cold case, more than 50 ...

New Jersey researchers help police identify suspect in 1974 cold case 01:47. MAHWAH, N.J. — An arrest has been made in a 50-year-old murder case thanks to the diligent work of some New Jersey ...

The cold case killing of a Wisconsin hitchhiker has been solved 50 years later thanks to a DNA breakthrough from evidence pulled from a hat that the accused killer left behind at the scene. Jon ...