Coverage dated October 23, 2024

DNA helps Illinois police make breakthrough in 1970s cold case murder of 19-year-old

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An Illinois police department announced it cracked a cold case homicide from the 1970s through DNA testing. It said 19-year-old Kathy Halle was murdered by serial killer Bruce Lindahl.

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Local News 8
A 19-year-old disappeared from her Illinois village in 1979. Almost half a century later, the cold case has been solved (opens Local News 8)
Published Oct 23, 2024
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By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — 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.
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DNA helps Illinois police make breakthrough in 1970s cold case murder of 19-year-old (opens Fox News)
Published Oct 23, 2024
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An Illinois police department announced it cracked a cold case homicide from the 1970s through DNA testing. It said 19-year-old Kathy Halle was murdered by serial killer Bruce Lindahl.

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