Woman's 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy; 82-year-old suspect arrested. There was no apparent connection between the victim and the suspect.

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence. In March of 1979, Kathy ...

ABC News. Woman's 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy. Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025. A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after ...

A man who was cleared by a polygraph test in the rape and murder of a teenage girl in 1979 has been linked to the victim with newfound DNA evidence, authorities revealed. Esther Gonzalez, 17, had been ...

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence.

Andre Taylor, 63, was sentenced to life in prison for a 1979 cold-case killing that was finally solved thanks to DNA evidence advancements.

A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his identity, police in Maryland announced. On March 3, 1979, the body of 31 ...

Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence. In March of 1979, Kathy ...