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DNA helps Illinois police make breakthrough in 1970s cold case murder of 19-year-old
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.
DNA links serial killer to 45-year-old cold case in Illinois
Forty-five years after 17-year-old Kathy Halle was killed in the Illinois village of North Aurora, police have finally identified her murderer as serial killer Bruce Lindahl.
DNA links suspected serial killer to 19-year-old’s cold case murder in Illinois
Authorities have linked a suspected serial killer to the kidnapping and murder of a 19-year-old Illinois woman, more than 45 years after her death.
Deceased serial killer linked to cold case slaying of Illinois woman 45 years later
Police announced that deceased serial killer, Bruce Lindahl, was linked to the death of 19-year-old Kathy Halle in 1979.
Famous alleged serial killer ID'd as suspect in 1979 cold case murder
Suspected 1970s serial killer Bruce Lindahl has now been identified as the culprit in a 1979 cold case murder in Illinois, authorities announced Wednesday.
DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman's 1979 death
DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later, authorities said Wednesday.
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Killer of Illinois teen who vanished 50 years ago in cold case identified after suicide
Police declared that 19-year-old Kathy Halle's killing in 1979 was connected to the late serial killer Bruce Lindahl, who ...
DNA tests identify 19th-century teenager's skull found in Illinois home's wall
Investigators have determined that a skull found in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who ...
VIDEO: DNA links skull found in an Illinois home in the 1970s to a teen who died in Indiana in 1866
A skull was found in an Illinois home in the 1970s. Using DNA testing, it's been identified as a teen who died in another ...
DNA testing confirms that skull found in Illinois home dates back to 1866
The mystery of a human skull found in 1978 in a Batavia, Ill., home has finally been solved after DNA testing confirmed that the skull belonged to an 18-year-old girl from 1866.
Cold case solved: Skull found in Illinois home's wall ID'd as that of Esther Granger, victim of grave robbing who died in 1866
Coroners were able to reach out to the victim's great-great-grandson and confirm the DNA family match with the help of a Texas lab.
Skull found in wall of Illinois home identified as teen who died in 1866
The mystery was solved by advancements in science—specifically extracting DNA from skeletal remains and then tracing it to ...
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An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in ...